bots – Canary Site Monitor

Why Bots Exist: What Every Crawler Is Getting Out of Your Site

October 7, 2026 by jennpardee

Quick answer: Every bot that visits your site is run by someone who expects to get something from it: a search index, training data, an answer for a user, competitive intelligence, or a way in. Knowing what each one wants, and what it gives back, is the only sensible basis for deciding which to welcome, … Read more

Who’s Visiting Your WordPress Site at 3 A.M.? A Field Guide to Bots

September 30, 2026 by jennpardee

Quick answer: Most overnight traffic on a typical WordPress site isn’t people. It’s search crawlers, AI crawlers, uptime monitors, SEO tools, link-preview fetchers, and scanners probing for weak spots. Most are harmless and some are useful, but your analytics probably can’t see any of them, which is why their side effects look like mysteries. Open … Read more