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. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when Pro Sitemaps visits your website.
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| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Pro Sitemaps Generator; pro-sitemaps.com) Gecko Pro-Sitemaps/1.0 |
| Operated By | Pro-Sitemaps |
| Triggered By | Customer-configured crawl |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Not directly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is Pro Sitemaps Visiting My Website?
Your domain appears in the ranking, backlink, or competitor data maintained by Pro Sitemaps's operator. A customer may be tracking your site, one of your competitors, or a backlink that connects another site to yours.
Should I Block Pro Sitemaps?
Consider blocking Pro Sitemaps only if you do not want your pages included in SEO databases. It does not influence how search engines rank you, and blocking it will not hide backlinks to your site because those are discovered on the linking sites. For context, 7% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Pro Sitemaps.
How Do I Block Pro Sitemaps Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Pro Sitemaps from accessing your 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: /Insights for Pro Sitemaps
As of October 30, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Compliance
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Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Pro Sitemaps Traffic
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From Pro Sitemaps?
Pro Sitemaps usually performs comprehensive, link-following crawls rather than spot checks. Visit frequency may rise while a customer actively monitors your site or a related market.
Does Pro Sitemaps Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Pro Sitemaps is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step if you want to block it. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether Pro Sitemaps respects it.
Is Pro Sitemaps Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. Pro Sitemaps is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking Pro Sitemaps Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. Pro Sitemaps's expected purpose is not to supply an AI search index or retrieve pages for AI-generated answers.
Does Pro Sitemaps Access Private Content?
No. Pro Sitemaps can reach only public pages, and authentication prevents it from accessing private content.
How Can I Verify a Request From Pro Sitemaps?
Agent Analytics tracks Pro Sitemaps visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Pro Sitemaps". Look for comprehensive site crawls that follow internal links. Because Pro Sitemaps does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
How Is Pro Sitemaps Different From Other Pro-Sitemaps Agents?
Pro-Sitemaps operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.
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