What is Pro Sitemaps?
Pro-Sitemaps is a web crawler that automatically scans websites to generate XML sitemaps, analyze site structure, detect broken links, and provide SEO insights for search engine optimization and website maintenance. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Pro-Sitemaps |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | July 15, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
Pro Sitemaps maps sites the way its customers' SEO tools need, following internal links to build a full picture of structure, content, and ranking signals. Expect thorough crawls rather than spot checks, with frequency rising when your site or your competitors are actively monitored in its tools.
Pro Sitemaps's User Agent
| User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Pro Sitemaps Generator; pro-sitemaps.com) Gecko Pro-Sitemaps/1.0 |
How To Block Pro Sitemaps With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Pro Sitemaps from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all SEO crawlers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Pro Sitemaps # https://knownagents.com/agents/pro-sitemaps
Disallow: /Global Insights for Pro Sitemaps
As of July 15, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the world's top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
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Robots.txt Blocking Trend
0% of top websites block Pro Sitemaps in their robots.txt files.
Overall SEO Crawler Traffic
2.5% of all web traffic came from SEO crawlers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block Pro Sitemaps?
Only if you want your own pages and outbound links out of those tools. Pro Sitemaps collects the ranking and backlink data behind SEO tools, likely including ones you or your agency use, and it does not change how search engines rank you. Blocking it will not hide your backlink profile either, because backlinks are discovered on the sites that link to you. Almost none of the top websites we track have robots.txt rules for Pro Sitemaps right now.
Does Pro Sitemaps Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. Pro Sitemaps is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the right first move. Automatic Robots.txt adds and maintains that rule for you, and Agent Analytics confirms Pro Sitemaps actually follows it.
Does Pro Sitemaps Access Private Content?
Login walls stop it. Pro Sitemaps analyzes public pages for rankings, links, and site structure.
Why Is Pro Sitemaps Visiting My Website?
Your domain shows up in the ranking, backlink, and competitor data Pro Sitemaps's operator sells. If anyone tracks your site or your competitors in an SEO tool, Pro Sitemaps visits you.
How Can I Tell if Pro Sitemaps Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks Pro Sitemaps visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user agent string contains "Pro Sitemaps". Look for full site crawls that follow your internal links. Keep in mind that Pro Sitemaps doesn't publish a verification method, so any client can claim its user agent string and a log match is a hint rather than proof.