What ContentKing does
Conductor Monitoring (formerly ContentKing) is a crawler that monitors websites 24/7 for technical SEO issues, tracking changes continuously rather than taking periodic snapshots. Its default user agent is "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Conductor Monitoring; +https://whatis.conductor.com)". Crawl speed is configurable, a throttling algorithm slows the crawler automatically if it detects server performance issues, and site owners who verify domain ownership can switch to predefined or custom user agents.
How to identify ContentKing
Temso identifies ContentKingtraffic by matching the request's User-Agent header against this pattern. User-agent strings can be spoofed, so treat a match as an indication, not proof.
ContentKing|Conductor MonitoringContentKing FAQ
What is ContentKing?
ContentKing, now Conductor Monitoring, is a website auditing crawler that monitors sites 24/7 for technical SEO issues and changes, instead of producing periodic snapshot audits. It identifies itself by default with the user agent "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Conductor Monitoring; +https://whatis.conductor.com)".
Can I block ContentKing with robots.txt?
Conductor Monitoring respects robots.txt rules, so directives can control it, but the account owner configures which search engine's directives it follows and, after domain verification, can crawl under a different user agent.
About SEO & Analytics Crawlers
Crawlers behind SEO and marketing-intelligence platforms: backlink databases, site audits, rank tracking, and brand monitoring.
Blocking these has no effect on search or AI visibility. It mainly limits what third-party tools (including your competitors' tools) can see about your site.
