What is CheckMarkNetwork?
CheckMarkNetwork is a web crawler operated by CheckMark Network, a brand protection and trademark monitoring company. The bot crawls websites to help clients track their brands online and identify potential trademark infringements, counterfeit goods, and unauthorized sellers. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | CheckMark Network |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | August 11, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
CheckMarkNetwork usually returns to a small set of pages rather than crawling an entire site. Visits may follow an hourly, daily, or weekly schedule, while websites its clients do not monitor may never encounter it.
CheckMarkNetwork's User Agent
| User Agent | CheckMarkNetwork/1.0 (+http://www.checkmarknetwork.com/spider.html) |
How To Block CheckMarkNetwork With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block CheckMarkNetwork from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all intelligence gatherers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: CheckMarkNetwork # https://knownagents.com/agents/checkmarknetwork
Disallow: /Global Statistics for CheckMarkNetwork
As of August 11, 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 Blocked Percentage
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocking Trend
0% of top websites block CheckMarkNetwork in their robots.txt files.
Overall Intelligence Gatherer Traffic
3.5% of all web traffic came from intelligence gatherers.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by CheckMarkNetwork.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block CheckMarkNetwork?
If you run ads, confirm CheckMarkNetwork's purpose before blocking it. Some intelligence gatherers measure ad placements or evaluate pages for brand safety, and blocking those agents can interfere with advertising systems. If this one serves a different purpose, weigh any research visibility against sharing business or page-level data with third parties. Almost none of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for CheckMarkNetwork.
Does CheckMarkNetwork Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. CheckMarkNetwork is expected to follow robots.txt directives, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether CheckMarkNetwork respects it.
Does CheckMarkNetwork Access Private Content?
No special access. CheckMarkNetwork can read publicly available pages but cannot bypass authentication. Assume anything you publish openly may be collected.
Why Is CheckMarkNetwork Visiting My Website?
A client of CheckMark Network may be gathering competitive intelligence, measuring advertisements, or evaluating content for brand safety. The pages requested reflect that client's objective.
How Can I Tell if CheckMarkNetwork Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks CheckMarkNetwork 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 "CheckMarkNetwork". Look for repeated requests to the same small group of commercial or ad-supported pages. Because CheckMarkNetwork does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.