What is ArrowMonitor?

ArrowMonitor is a bot in the monitoring and analytics bots category, operated by Arrow Web Solutions Ltd..

Bot name
ArrowMonitor
Operator
Arrow Web Solutions Ltd.
Type
Bot
Respects robots.txt
Not confirmed
robots.txt user agent
ArrowMonitor
Signs requests (Web Bot Auth)
No

About ArrowMonitor

Arrow Monitor is an uptime monitoring tool op

Monitoring bots check uptime, performance and page changes on behalf of a site owner or a third party. Allow the services you run yourself and exclude them from analytics so they do not inflate page views.

ArrowMonitor user agent

ArrowMonitor identifies itself with this user agent string:

  • ArrowMonitor/1.0

Anyone can copy a user agent string. Transfon Security also checks where each request comes from, so a request that claims to be a known crawler but comes from the wrong network is treated as a fake, not as the real crawler.

How to block ArrowMonitor in robots.txt

We have not confirmed whether ArrowMonitor follows robots.txt. Add a rule, then check your logs to see that it stopped. robots.txt is a plain text file at the root of your domain, such as https://example.com/robots.txt.

Block ArrowMonitor from the whole site

User-agent: ArrowMonitor
Disallow: /

Block ArrowMonitor from some folders

User-agent: ArrowMonitor
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /search

Allow ArrowMonitor only on some folders

User-agent: ArrowMonitor
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /

Allow ArrowMonitor and block other crawlers

User-agent: ArrowMonitor
Allow: /

User-agent: *
Disallow: /

Things to know

  • Each host needs its own file. Rules on www.example.com do not apply to shop.example.com.
  • A crawler obeys only the most specific group that names it. Once you add a User-agent: ArrowMonitor group, ArrowMonitor ignores your User-agent: * rules, so repeat any that should still apply.
  • The user agent name is not case sensitive. We take ArrowMonitor from ArrowMonitor's user agent; check Arrow Web Solutions Ltd.'s own documentation if it publishes a different robots.txt name.
  • Crawlers cache robots.txt, so changes can take up to a day to apply. Disallow stops crawling but does not remove pages already collected or indexed.

Limits of robots.txt

  1. ArrowMonitor may not follow the rule. robots.txt is a request that nothing enforces, and we have not confirmed that ArrowMonitor follows it. Check your logs after adding a rule.
  2. The user agent could be fake. robots.txt matches the name a request claims. Anyone can send ArrowMonitor's user agent, and a scraper using it is not bound by Arrow Web Solutions Ltd.'s robots.txt policy. Only checking the source network tells a real ArrowMonitor from a fake one.

Treat robots.txt as a statement of your policy, and enforce it where requests arrive.

Who should care about ArrowMonitor

Publishers

Allow ArrowMonitor if it is a service you use, and keep its visits out of page views and ad requests either way.

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Media buyers and advertisers

ArrowMonitor is not a person. Exclude it from campaign and conversion data so reports reflect real visitors.

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E-commerce

Allow ArrowMonitor only if it works for your store, and keep it away from cart and checkout.

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SaaS and APIs

If ArrowMonitor is a service you use, allow it on the endpoints it needs and block it elsewhere.

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Block ArrowMonitor with Transfon Security

robots.txt is a request, not an enforcement. Transfon Security shows ArrowMonitor by name in the Top Bots report, so you can see how often it visits and which pages it reads. Block or allow it with a User Agent rule, or slow it down with a rate limit decision rule.

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Control ArrowMonitor on your site

  • See every ArrowMonitor visit and the pages it reads
  • Spot bots that fake trusted crawler names
  • Block, allow or rate limit ArrowMonitor with one rule
  • Works with or without robots.txt support

Frequently asked questions

What is ArrowMonitor?

ArrowMonitor is a bot in the monitoring and analytics bots category, operated by Arrow Web Solutions Ltd.. Arrow Monitor is an uptime monitoring tool op

Does ArrowMonitor respect robots.txt?

We have not confirmed whether ArrowMonitor follows robots.txt. Add a robots.txt rule, then check your logs to see that it stopped, and block it by user agent if it did not.

How do I block ArrowMonitor?

Add "User-agent: ArrowMonitor" followed by "Disallow: /" to the robots.txt file at the root of your site. To enforce it, block requests whose user agent contains "ArrowMonitor" at your WAF. In Transfon Security that is one User Agent block rule.

Is robots.txt enough to block ArrowMonitor?

No. robots.txt is voluntary, so ArrowMonitor may not follow it, and anyone can send ArrowMonitor's user agent, so a fake ArrowMonitor ignores your rule. Enforce the rule where requests arrive, at your WAF, and check the source network.

Should I block ArrowMonitor?

Monitoring bots check uptime, performance and page changes on behalf of a site owner or a third party. Allow the services you run yourself and exclude them from analytics so they do not inflate page views.

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