Overview
JavaScript is Moldova's most prevalent secondary barrier
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.6% |
| Antibot | 20.8% |
| CAPTCHA | 22.4% |
| JavaScript | 43.3% |
| Rate Limiting | 13.6% |
| TLS | 17.8% |
WAF adoption is 93.6%, in line with the global 93.1%. JavaScript rendering (43.3%) and Antibot (20.8%) are the leading secondary barriers, both marginally above global averages of 41.3% and 20.2% respectively.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript tops Moldova's active secondary barriers
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.6% |
| Antibot | 20.8% |
| CAPTCHA | 22.4% |
| JavaScript | 43.3% |
| Rate Limiting | 13.6% |
| TLS | 17.8% |
| Has robots.txt | 81.5% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 13.7% |
WAF is present on 93.6% of Moldova sites. Among secondary barriers, JavaScript (43.3%) and Antibot (20.8%) rank highest, both slightly above global norms. CAPTCHA (22.4%) sits just below the global 23.1%.
Most Moldova sites carry two barriers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 4.1% |
| 1 barrier | 29.3% |
| 2 barriers | 35.8% |
| 3 barriers | 17.5% |
| 4 barriers | 9% |
| 5 barriers | 4.2% |
| 6 barriers | 0.3% |
Two barriers is the modal count at 35.8% of sites. One barrier accounts for 29.3%; zero-barrier sites are 4.1%. Sites carrying three or more barriers total 31.0%.
Most Moldova sites need Easy-tier access to retrieve content
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.6 |
The median recommended tier is 2, meaning fewer than half of sites are fully accessible via plain HTTP. The mean tier is 1.65 across 1,106 sites.
Nearly nine in ten Moldova sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 49.9% |
| 2 - Easy | 38.2% |
| 3 - Moderate | 9.3% |
| 4 - Complex | 2% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0.6% |
Tier 1 accounts for 49.9% and Tier 2 for 38.2%, combining to 88.1%. Tier 3 is 9.3%, Tier 4 is 2.0%, and Tier 5 is 0.6%.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top Moldova's robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 15.5% |
| SEO / search indexing | 12.5% |
| SEO audit tools | 13.7% |
| Commercial scrapers | 8.1% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6.4% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 4.7% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.5% |
Across all 1,106 Moldova sites, 15.5% name at least one AI crawler, 13.7% name an SEO audit tool, and 12.5% name an SEO/search indexing bot. Commercial scrapers appear on 8.1% of sites.
Uniform rules are Moldova's most common robots.txt posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 41% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 35.3% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 2.1% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.7% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.8% |
Uniform per-agent rules cover 41.0% of all sites; path-level mixed rules 35.3%. 18.5% of sites have no robots.txt. Blanket Disallow: / applies to 2.8% and mixed-AI posture to 2.7%.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in Moldova's robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 11.2% | 2.4% |
| CCBot | 8.6% | 1.2% |
| ClaudeBot | 7.7% | 1.1% |
| Google-Extended | 8.2% | 1.4% |
| Bytespider | 6.9% | 0.5% |
| meta-externalagent | 2.7% | 0.2% |
| ChatGPT-User | 5.8% | 2.5% |
| PerplexityBot | 5.6% | 2% |
| Applebot-Extended | 4.8% | 0.5% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4.4% | 2.1% |
| anthropic-ai | 4.8% | 0.8% |
GPTBot is named in a Disallow rule on 11.2% of all Moldova sites, the highest block rate of any AI agent. ChatGPT-User is the most-allowed agent at 2.5% of all sites.
Four Moldova sectors all name at least one bot to restrict
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Automotive | 100% |
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Plastics & Polymers | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Apparel & Fashion | 90% |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 90% |
| Chemicals | 90% |
| Computer & Video Games | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Investment | 90% |
| Machinery | 90% |
| Mass Media | 90% |
| Medical Devices | 90% |
| Newspapers | 90% |
Automotive, Design, Entertainment, and Plastics & Polymers each reach 100%: every site in those sectors names at least one bot to restrict in a Disallow rule. Nine further sectors reach 90%.
Moldova's Automotive, Ceramics and Publishing sites lead in allowing crawlers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Automotive | 80% |
| Ceramics & Pottery | 80% |
| Publishing | 80% |
| Investment | 70% |
| Non-Profit | 70% |
| Pharmaceuticals | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Science | 70% |
| Telecom | 70% |
| Airlines | 60% |
| Apparel & Fashion | 60% |
| Architecture | 60% |
| Construction | 60% |
| Furniture | 60% |
| Graphic Design | 60% |
Automotive, Ceramics & Pottery, and Publishing top the allowlist chart at 80%, meaning 80% of sites in each sector name at least one bot to allow in an Allow rule. Six further sectors reach 70%.
Industry Patterns
Real Estate and Jewellery are Moldova's hardest sectors to access programmatically
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Estate | 100% | 10% | 10% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 60% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 20% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 60% | 60% | 0% | Tier 3 |
| Computer Hardware | 90% | 10% | 0% | 30% | 20% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 90% | 10% | 20% | 50% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 80% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Hospitality | 80% | 30% | 0% | 50% | 20% | 50% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 100% | 0% | 0% | 70% | 20% | 10% | 90% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 70% | 10% | 0% | 40% | 10% | 40% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Crafts | 100% | 30% | 30% | 50% | 20% | 10% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 90% | 40% | 20% | 40% | 20% | 10% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Furniture | 100% | 40% | 30% | 50% | 20% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Restaurants | 90% | 40% | 30% | 70% | 50% | 20% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 80% | 30% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Construction | 80% | 0% | 10% | 40% | 20% | 10% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
Real Estate has the highest mean tier at 2.80, followed by Jewellery & Luxury at 2.70. A large mid-table cluster — including Computer Hardware, Apparel, Human Resources, Hospitality, and Retail — sits between 2.20 and 2.55.
Adult, Banking, Machinery and Manufacturing share Moldova's most accessible tier
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Services | 100% | 20% | 30% | 60% | 30% | 30% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Recruitment & Staffing | 100% | 50% | 60% | 30% | 0% | 20% | 70% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 70% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| TV & Film | 100% | 40% | 20% | 60% | 30% | 10% | 60% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Wholesalers | 90% | 10% | 20% | 50% | 20% | 30% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 100% | 0% | 0% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 100% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Design | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Import & Export | 100% | 30% | 30% | 50% | 0% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Mail & Delivery | 70% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Medical Devices | 100% | 20% | 20% | 70% | 20% | 0% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Food & Beverages | 100% | 50% | 40% | 80% | 30% | 0% | 80% | 50% | Tier 2 |
| Adult | 100% | 40% | 30% | 80% | 10% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Banking | 90% | 10% | 10% | 60% | 0% | 10% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Machinery | 90% | 0% | 10% | 50% | 0% | 0% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Manufacturing | 90% | 20% | 20% | 50% | 0% | 40% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
Adult, Banking, Machinery, and Manufacturing all record a mean tier of 1.90, the lowest in the bottom-sector group. Food & Beverages is close at 1.95.