- Run by
- SolarWinds
- Type
- Uptime monitor
- Visits
- When a person does something that needs your page
- robots.txt
- robots.txt doesn't apply
- Documentation
- SolarWinds' page
What Pingdom does
SolarWinds Pingdom requests the URLs customers enter as uptime checks, at the interval they choose; Pingdom recommends every minute. Before confirming an outage, it asks a probe in another location for a second opinion.
Does Pingdom follow robots.txt?
robots.txt doesn't apply: Pingdom only requests the URLs a customer set up.
How to stop Pingdom
If the check is yours, change or pause it in Pingdom. Customers can send a custom user agent, so not every Pingdom check carries the Pingdom name.
What blocking Pingdom changes
The customer's check reports your site as down. It has no effect on search.
Where to see Pingdom visits
Most bots never appear in Google Analytics. Many don't run JavaScript, so the analytics tag never loads, and Google Analytics 4 automatically excludes traffic from known bots and spiders. Your server or CDN logs record every request with its user agent, so search them for the bot's name.
OneLence recognizes Pingdom and keeps its requests out of your visitor counts.
Frequently asked questions
What is Pingdom?
SolarWinds Pingdom requests the URLs customers enter as uptime checks, at the interval they choose; Pingdom recommends every minute. Before confirming an outage, it asks a probe in another location for a second opinion.
Does Pingdom follow robots.txt?
robots.txt doesn't apply: Pingdom only requests the URLs a customer set up.
How do I block Pingdom?
If the check is yours, change or pause it in Pingdom. Customers can send a custom user agent, so not every Pingdom check carries the Pingdom name.
What happens if I block Pingdom?
The customer's check reports your site as down. It has no effect on search.
Why doesn't Pingdom show up in Google Analytics?
Most bots never appear in Google Analytics. Many don't run JavaScript, so the analytics tag never loads, and Google Analytics 4 automatically excludes traffic from known bots and spiders. Your server or CDN logs record every request with its user agent, so search them for the bot's name.