What is SwifteqLinkChecker?
SwifteqLinkChecker is a web crawler bot used by Swifteq's Help Center Export app for Zendesk to check for broken links and images within Zendesk help center articles by accessing each URL and checking responses for errors. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when SwifteqLinkChecker visits your website.
Category
| Example User Agent | SwifteqLinkChecker |
| Operated By | Swifteq |
| Source | Official Website |
| Triggered By | Scheduled or manual configuration |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Not directly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | No |
Why Is SwifteqLinkChecker Visiting My Website?
Someone, most likely on your own team, configured SwifteqLinkChecker to check your site. Uptime monitors, performance testers, and audit tools visit only the sites or endpoints they are told to watch.
Should I Block SwifteqLinkChecker?
Only if no one on your team relies on it. SwifteqLinkChecker may support uptime monitoring, performance tests, or audits. Blocking it without checking first can silently disrupt those workflows. For context, 7% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for SwifteqLinkChecker.
Insights for SwifteqLinkChecker
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
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
SwifteqLinkChecker Traffic
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From SwifteqLinkChecker?
SwifteqLinkChecker's traffic often follows fixed intervals like a cron job. Activity may consist of short recurring checks or occasional intensive bursts, but it usually remains limited to a specific set of pages or endpoints.
Does SwifteqLinkChecker Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. SwifteqLinkChecker is not expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule only communicates your preference. Enforce the block with firewall or server rules, then use Agent Analytics to verify that its requests stop.
Is SwifteqLinkChecker Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. SwifteqLinkChecker is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking SwifteqLinkChecker Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. SwifteqLinkChecker's expected purpose is not to supply an AI search index or retrieve pages for AI-generated answers.
Does SwifteqLinkChecker Access Private Content?
Only when configured with access. A team may grant SwifteqLinkChecker credentials to monitor staging sites or private health endpoints. Without those credentials, it sees only public pages.
How Can I Verify a Request From SwifteqLinkChecker?
Agent Analytics tracks SwifteqLinkChecker visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "SwifteqLinkChecker". Look for repeated checks of the same pages or endpoints at regular intervals. Because SwifteqLinkChecker does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.