Overview
CAPTCHA is Saint Lucia's most common active secondary barrier
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.8% |
| Antibot | 21.9% |
| CAPTCHA | 25% |
| JavaScript | 42% |
| Rate Limiting | 13.9% |
| TLS | 18.9% |
WAF covers 93.8% of Saint Lucia sites. CAPTCHA (25.0%) leads among secondary barriers, followed by JavaScript (42.0%), antibot (21.9%), TLS (18.9%), and rate limiting (13.9%).
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript tops Saint Lucia's active secondary defences
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.8% |
| Antibot | 21.9% |
| CAPTCHA | 25% |
| JavaScript | 42% |
| Rate Limiting | 13.9% |
| TLS | 18.9% |
| Has robots.txt | 82.7% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 14.6% |
WAF is present on 93.8% of sites. JavaScript (42.0%) and CAPTCHA (25.0%) lead the secondary barriers, followed by antibot (21.9%), TLS (18.9%), and rate limiting (13.9%).
Most Saint Lucia sites carry at least two barriers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 3.8% |
| 1 barrier | 28% |
| 2 barriers | 34.8% |
| 3 barriers | 20.9% |
| 4 barriers | 8.1% |
| 5 barriers | 3.9% |
| 6 barriers | 0.6% |
The modal site carries exactly two barriers (34.8%). Exactly three barriers account for 20.9% of sites, and 3+ combined reach 33.5%. Sites with zero barriers represent 3.8%.
Most Saint Lucia sites are Simple to access
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.6 |
The browser-based median tier is 1, indicating more than half of sites resolve at Tier 1 (plain HTTP). Tier 1 covers 51.3% of sites, Tier 2 a further 35.9%. The mean is 1.65.
Most Saint Lucia sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 51.3% |
| 2 - Easy | 35.9% |
| 3 - Moderate | 9.8% |
| 4 - Complex | 2.7% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0.3% |
Tier 1 and Tier 2 combined cover 87.2% of sites. Tier 3 accounts for 9.8%, Tier 4 for 2.7%, and Tier 5 for 0.3% — leaving 12.8% of sites requiring moderate to advanced crawling capability.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top Saint Lucia's robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 16.7% |
| SEO / search indexing | 13% |
| SEO audit tools | 13.8% |
| Commercial scrapers | 8.3% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6.8% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 4.7% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.6% |
AI crawlers appear on 16.7% of all Saint Lucia sites. SEO audit tools follow at 13.8%, SEO/search indexing at 13.0%, commercial scrapers at 8.3%, social/content scrapers at 6.8%, archive crawlers at 4.7%, and monitoring bots at 0.6%.
Uniform rules are Saint Lucia's most common robots.txt posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 43% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 33.7% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 2.6% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.2% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 3.2% |
Uniform per-agent rules appear on 43.0% of sites, path-level mixed rules on 33.7%. Blanket Disallow: / covers 3.2%, allow-only postures 2.6%, and mixed AI posture 2.2%.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in Saint Lucia's robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 12% | 1.9% |
| CCBot | 9.2% | 1.3% |
| ClaudeBot | 9.4% | 1.1% |
| Google-Extended | 9.1% | 1.8% |
| Bytespider | 7.3% | 0.6% |
| meta-externalagent | 3.6% | 0.1% |
| ChatGPT-User | 6% | 2.8% |
| PerplexityBot | 6.8% | 2.7% |
| Applebot-Extended | 5.6% | 0.6% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4.4% | 2.4% |
| anthropic-ai | 5.4% | 0.9% |
GPTBot is named in Disallow rules on 12.0% of sites, ClaudeBot on 9.4%, and Google-Extended on 9.1%. On the allow side, ChatGPT-User leads at 2.8%, followed by PerplexityBot at 2.7%.
Design, Entertainment, and Retail sites all name at least one bot
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Computer & Video Games | 90% |
| Construction | 90% |
| Foreign Language | 90% |
| Furniture | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Healthcare | 90% |
| Import & Export | 90% |
| Investment | 90% |
| Jewellery & Luxury | 90% |
| Mass Media | 90% |
| Newspapers | 90% |
Design, Entertainment, and Retail each reach 100% — every sampled site names at least one bot in a Disallow rule. Twelve sectors follow at 90%, including Adult, Construction, Healthcare, and Jewellery & Luxury.
Saint Lucia's top sectors share the highest bot allow rate
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Airlines | 70% |
| Non-Profit | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Science | 70% |
| Telecom | 70% |
| Automotive | 60% |
| Foreign Language | 60% |
| Market Research | 60% |
| Mental Health | 60% |
| Real Estate | 60% |
| Software & Dev | 60% |
| Travel & Tourism | 60% |
| Consulting | 55.6% |
Airlines, Non-Profit, Photography, Publishing, Retail, Science, and Telecom each have 70% of sites naming at least one bot in an Allow rule. Seven further sectors — including Automotive, Real Estate, and Travel & Tourism — follow at 60%.
Industry Patterns
Hospitality is Saint Lucia's most demanding sector for crawlers
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality | 90% | 20% | 10% | 80% | 20% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 90% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 40% | 10% | 70% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Retail | 100% | 10% | 0% | 70% | 10% | 10% | 100% | 50% | Tier 2 |
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 20% | 0% | 40% | 10% | 60% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 90% | 10% | 10% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 70% | 10% | 10% | 40% | 10% | 50% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 90% | 30% | 20% | 50% | 30% | 20% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Computer Hardware | 90% | 20% | 0% | 30% | 20% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Furniture | 100% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 0% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Real Estate | 100% | 40% | 30% | 70% | 40% | 10% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Restaurants | 90% | 40% | 10% | 60% | 30% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 100% | 20% | 30% | 60% | 30% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 90% | 20% | 10% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Mail & Delivery | 80% | 30% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 70% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 30% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
Hospitality leads with a mean tier of 2.60 and a median of 3. Retail (mean 2.50) and Beauty & Cosmetics, Jewellery & Luxury, and Sporting Goods (each 2.40) form the upper cluster.
Government is Saint Lucia's most accessible sector for crawlers
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesalers | 80% | 40% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 70% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Design | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 100% | 30% | 30% | 60% | 20% | 0% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Adult | 100% | 40% | 40% | 80% | 20% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Insurance | 100% | 0% | 0% | 30% | 0% | 30% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Libraries | 100% | 10% | 20% | 60% | 10% | 10% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Manufacturing | 80% | 20% | 20% | 40% | 10% | 40% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Music | 100% | 40% | 30% | 60% | 30% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Telecom | 90% | 10% | 10% | 70% | 0% | 20% | 100% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Food & Beverages | 100% | 40% | 30% | 60% | 20% | 0% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Computers & Electronics | 80% | 30% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Import & Export | 100% | 20% | 20% | 30% | 0% | 30% | 100% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Maritime | 90% | 30% | 10% | 60% | 10% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Science | 100% | 20% | 10% | 40% | 30% | 10% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Government | 90% | 10% | 0% | 50% | 10% | 10% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
Government records the lowest mean tier at 1.75. Science, Maritime, Computers & Electronics, and Import & Export (all 1.80) sit immediately above, followed by Food & Beverages at 1.85.