About the ScanalytIQ website checker

When someone requests a ScanalytIQ audit of a website, our checker reads a limited number of that site's public pages, its robots.txt and its sitemap. It identifies itself as:

When it needs to load a page in a browser, it uses a standard headless browser and adds the same name to that browser's own identity.

Only when an audit or scan of that site is requested. It doesn't visit sites on a schedule or monitor them.

• It reads a small number of pages per audit, a few at a time.
• It doesn't log in, submit forms or place orders.
• It follows robots.txt.
• If a site turns it away, it stops. It doesn't try to get past security checks.

Add this to your robots.txt:

If your host or security service blocks the checker, allow requests whose user agent contains ScanalytIQ. Most hosting control panels, and services such as Cloudflare, have an “allow” rule for this.

Questions about the checker: scanalytiq@lothringer.co.uk