Overview
JavaScript is the Dominican Republic's most common secondary barrier
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.5% |
| Antibot | 21.8% |
| CAPTCHA | 21.8% |
| JavaScript | 44.4% |
| Rate Limiting | 14.3% |
| TLS | 18.5% |
WAF reaches 93.5% of Dominican Republic sites. JavaScript is the strongest secondary barrier at 44.4%. Antibot and CAPTCHA are exactly equal at 21.8%. TLS sits at 18.5% and Rate Limiting at 14.3%.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript tops the Dominican Republic's active secondary defences
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.5% |
| Antibot | 21.8% |
| CAPTCHA | 21.8% |
| JavaScript | 44.4% |
| Rate Limiting | 14.3% |
| TLS | 18.5% |
| Has robots.txt | 79.7% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 14% |
WAF covers 93.5% of sites. JavaScript (44.4%) is the top secondary barrier by a clear margin. Antibot and CAPTCHA are equally placed at 21.8%. TLS (18.5%) and Rate Limiting (14.3%) complete the picture.
Most Dominican Republic sites carry at least two barriers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 4.3% |
| 1 barrier | 28.4% |
| 2 barriers | 35% |
| 3 barriers | 18.6% |
| 4 barriers | 9% |
| 5 barriers | 4.2% |
| 6 barriers | 0.5% |
35.0% of Dominican Republic sites carry exactly two barriers — the most common count. Only 4.3% have none. Sites with three or more account for 32.3%, with a small tail extending to all six.
Dominican Republic sites straddle the Simple and Easy access tiers
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.7 |
Median recommended tier is 2 (Easy), placing fewer than half of sites at Tier 1 (Simple). A mean of 1.72 reflects a large proportion of readily accessible sites moderating the overall score.
Most Dominican Republic sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 46% |
| 2 - Easy | 39.9% |
| 3 - Moderate | 11.1% |
| 4 - Complex | 2.2% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0.8% |
Tier 1 (Simple) covers 46.0% of sites; Tier 2 (Easy) a further 39.9% — 85.9% combined. Tier 3 (Moderate) applies to 11.1%. Tiers 4 and 5 together account for just 3.0% of sites.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top the Dominican Republic's robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 15.4% |
| SEO / search indexing | 12.1% |
| SEO audit tools | 13.6% |
| Commercial scrapers | 7.8% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6.2% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 4.8% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.6% |
AI crawlers appear in robots.txt on 15.4% of all Dominican Republic sites. SEO audit tools follow at 13.6%, then SEO/search indexing at 12.1%. Archive and research crawlers are named on 4.8% of sites; monitoring bots on 0.6%.
Uniform rules are the Dominican Republic's most common robots.txt posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 41.8% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 33% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 2% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.6% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.7% |
41.8% of all sites use uniform per-agent rules; 33.0% apply path-level mixing. Mixed AI posture accounts for 2.6% and blanket Disallow: / for 2.7%. Allow-only policies are present on 2.0% of sites.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in Dominican Republic robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 10.4% | 1.7% |
| CCBot | 8.4% | 0.8% |
| ClaudeBot | 7.8% | 0.8% |
| Google-Extended | 7.6% | 1.1% |
| Bytespider | 6.4% | 0.3% |
| meta-externalagent | 2.7% | 0.2% |
| ChatGPT-User | 5.3% | 2.6% |
| PerplexityBot | 5.5% | 2.2% |
| Applebot-Extended | 4.2% | 0.3% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4.3% | 2.2% |
| anthropic-ai | 4.4% | 0.5% |
GPTBot is named in Disallow rules on 10.4% of all Dominican Republic sites — the highest block rate. CCBot (8.4%) and ClaudeBot (7.8%) follow. ChatGPT-User receives the most explicit Allow rules at 2.6%.
Six Dominican Republic sectors all name at least one bot to restrict
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 100% |
| Computer & Video Games | 100% |
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Warehousing | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Civil Engineering | 90% |
| Comics & Animation | 90% |
| Consulting | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Healthcare | 90% |
| Insurance | 90% |
| Mass Media | 90% |
| Medical Devices | 90% |
Agriculture, Computer & Video Games, Design, Entertainment, Retail, and Warehousing each see 100% of their sites naming at least one bot to restrict. Nine further sectors — including Healthcare and Insurance — sit at 90%.
Non-Profit, Publishing, and Retail sites lead Dominican Republic bot Allow policies
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Non-Profit | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Science | 70% |
| Airlines | 60% |
| Architecture | 60% |
| Automotive | 60% |
| Education | 60% |
| Furniture | 60% |
| Investment | 60% |
| Real Estate | 60% |
| Software & Dev | 60% |
| Sporting Goods | 60% |
| Sports | 60% |
Five sectors share the leading Allow rate of 70%: Non-Profit, Photography, Publishing, Retail, and Science. Airlines, Architecture, Automotive, Education, Furniture, Investment, Real Estate, Software & Dev, Sporting Goods, and Sports follow at 60%.
Industry Patterns
Hospitality and Jewellery are the Dominican Republic's hardest sectors to crawl
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality | 90% | 20% | 0% | 50% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 20% | 10% | 30% | 30% | 50% | 60% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Real Estate | 100% | 20% | 10% | 70% | 50% | 30% | 60% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 90% | 40% | 10% | 60% | 20% | 10% | 60% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Furniture | 100% | 40% | 0% | 10% | 10% | 60% | 80% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Medical Devices | 90% | 20% | 0% | 60% | 20% | 10% | 90% | 0% | Tier 3 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 100% | 10% | 20% | 70% | 20% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 100% | 10% | 0% | 60% | 20% | 20% | 100% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Computer Hardware | 100% | 20% | 10% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 10% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 40% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 70% | 60% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Insurance | 80% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 0% | 20% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Food & Beverages | 100% | 40% | 20% | 50% | 20% | 0% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 100% | 30% | 10% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 60% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 90% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
Hospitality and Jewellery & Luxury share the top mean recommended tier at 2.90, both with a median of 3 (Moderate). Real Estate follows at mean 2.80, also with a median of 3. Equipment & Supplies follows at mean 2.60. Furniture, Medical Devices, and Apparel & Fashion all share a mean of 2.50.
Crafts, Import & Export, and Manufacturing are the most accessible sectors
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Services | 100% | 20% | 30% | 50% | 30% | 20% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 100% | 20% | 30% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 70% | 40% | 10% | 20% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Maritime | 90% | 20% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Recruitment & Staffing | 100% | 30% | 50% | 20% | 0% | 10% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Wholesalers | 80% | 10% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Design | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Mail & Delivery | 70% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Restaurants | 90% | 50% | 30% | 60% | 30% | 10% | 60% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Telecom | 90% | 10% | 20% | 60% | 0% | 30% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Textiles & Nonwovens | 100% | 10% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Wine & Spirits | 100% | 40% | 10% | 50% | 40% | 0% | 80% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Crafts | 100% | 30% | 30% | 50% | 20% | 10% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Import & Export | 100% | 30% | 40% | 50% | 0% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Manufacturing | 80% | 10% | 10% | 30% | 0% | 40% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
Crafts, Import & Export, and Manufacturing share the lowest mean recommended tier of 1.90 in the Dominican Republic — the floor of the accessible-sector ranking. All carry a median of Tier 2 (Easy).