Overview
Turks and Caicos sites carry elevated Antibot and CAPTCHA secondary barriers
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.6% |
| Antibot | 23.6% |
| CAPTCHA | 25.7% |
| JavaScript | 40.8% |
| Rate Limiting | 15.8% |
| TLS | 18.9% |
WAF leads at 93.6% across 692 Turks and Caicos domains. Antibot (23.6%) and CAPTCHA (25.7%) are both above their global rates. TLS (18.9%) and Rate Limiting (15.8%) also exceed global benchmarks.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript tops Turks and Caicos's active secondary defences
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.6% |
| Antibot | 23.6% |
| CAPTCHA | 25.7% |
| JavaScript | 40.8% |
| Rate Limiting | 15.8% |
| TLS | 18.9% |
| Has robots.txt | 80.5% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 16.3% |
WAF reaches 93.6%. JavaScript leads secondary barriers at 40.8%. CAPTCHA (25.7%) and Antibot (23.6%) are both above their global rates. TLS (18.9%) and Rate Limiting (15.8%) also exceed global benchmarks.
Most Turks and Caicos sites carry at least two barriers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 2.7% |
| 1 barrier | 30.6% |
| 2 barriers | 34.2% |
| 3 barriers | 16.6% |
| 4 barriers | 9.7% |
| 5 barriers | 5.8% |
| 6 barriers | 0.3% |
Two-barrier sites are the mode at 34.2%, followed by one-barrier at 30.6%. Only 2.7% of sites carry no barriers — one of the lowest shares in this group. Three or more barriers apply to 32.4%.
Turks and Caicos sites sit comfortably in the Easy access band
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.7 |
Browser-based median recommended tier is 2, meaning fewer than half of Turks and Caicos’ domains are retrievable at Tier 1. The mean of 1.69 confirms most sites remain at Tiers 1 and 2.
Most Turks and Caicos sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 47.1% |
| 2 - Easy | 41% |
| 3 - Moderate | 8.5% |
| 4 - Complex | 2% |
| 5 - Advanced | 1.3% |
Tier 1 covers 47.1% of sites and Tier 2 a further 41.0% — 88.1% combined. Tier 3 accounts for 8.5%. Tiers 4 and 5 together affect 3.3% of domains.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top Turks and Caicos's robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 18.5% |
| SEO / search indexing | 16.6% |
| SEO audit tools | 15.5% |
| Commercial scrapers | 8.2% |
| Social / content scrapers | 8.4% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 5.6% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.9% |
AI crawlers are named in 18.5% of all Turks and Caicos sites’ robot policies. SEO/search indexing follows at 16.6% and SEO audit tools at 15.5%. Social/content scrapers (8.4%) and commercial scrapers (8.2%) trail closely.
Uniform rules are Turks and Caicos's most common robots.txt posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 39.5% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 34.8% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 2.7% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 3.5% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 3.2% |
Uniform per-agent rules cover 39.5% of all sites and path-level mixed rules 34.8%. Blanket Disallow: / applies to 3.2% of sites. Mixed-AI posture accounts for 3.5%.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in Turks and Caicos's robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 12.7% | 2.7% |
| CCBot | 8.5% | 1.6% |
| ClaudeBot | 10.1% | 2.2% |
| Google-Extended | 9.7% | 1.9% |
| Bytespider | 7.4% | 0.3% |
| meta-externalagent | 4.2% | 1% |
| ChatGPT-User | 6.8% | 3.2% |
| PerplexityBot | 7.8% | 3.8% |
| Applebot-Extended | 4.6% | — |
| OAI-SearchBot | 5.1% | 2.6% |
| anthropic-ai | 5.2% | 0.9% |
GPTBot appears in Disallow rules on 12.7% of all Turks and Caicos sites. ClaudeBot (10.1%) and Google-Extended (9.7%) follow. PerplexityBot (3.8%) and ChatGPT-User (3.2%) lead Allow rules.
Six Turks and Caicos sectors all name at least one bot
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Foreign Language | 100% |
| Newspapers | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Telecom | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Airlines | 90% |
| Computer & Video Games | 90% |
| Consumer Electronics | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Mass Media | 90% |
| Online Services | 90% |
| Publishing | 90% |
| Renewable Energy | 87.5% |
Design, Entertainment, Foreign Language, Newspapers, Retail, and Telecom all reach 100% — every site names at least one bot in a Disallow rule. Adult, Airlines, Computer & Video Games, Consumer Electronics, General, and others sit at 90%.
Turks and Caicos's top sectors share the highest bot allow rate
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Airlines | 70% |
| Hospitality | 70% |
| Non-Profit | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Telecom | 70% |
| Social & Charitable | 66.7% |
| Renewable Energy | 62.5% |
| Advertising & Mktg | 60% |
| Automotive | 60% |
| Customer Services | 60% |
| Design | 60% |
| Foreign Language | 60% |
| Healthcare | 60% |
Airlines, Hospitality, Non-Profit, Photography, Publishing, Retail, and Telecom all reach 70% — seven in ten sites in each sector name at least one bot in an Allow rule. Social & Charitable follows at 66.7%.
Industry Patterns
Apparel and Fashion is Turks and Caicos's most demanding sector for crawlers
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparel & Fashion | 80% | 10% | 20% | 50% | 20% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Jewellery & Luxury | 90% | 10% | 20% | 20% | 40% | 50% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Wholesalers | 80% | 50% | 60% | 60% | 50% | 10% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Hospitality | 90% | 20% | 10% | 50% | 10% | 50% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 90% | 20% | 0% | 60% | 10% | 20% | 100% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 100% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 40% | 0% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Computer Hardware | 100% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 0% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Construction | 100% | 60% | 60% | 40% | 50% | 0% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 90% | 20% | 10% | 60% | 30% | 50% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Computers & Electronics | 90% | 30% | 10% | 60% | 20% | 10% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 80% | 20% | 10% | 30% | 40% | 40% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 100% | 42.9% | 14.3% | 71.4% | 28.6% | 0% | 85.7% | 14.3% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 90% | 40% | 20% | 50% | 20% | 50% | 90% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Sports | 100% | 0% | 0% | 60% | 20% | 10% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Telecom | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 0% | 10% | 100% | 20% | Tier 2 |
Apparel & Fashion leads with a mean recommended tier of 2.60. Jewellery & Luxury and Wholesalers follow at 2.50 each. All 15 hardest sectors carry median Tier 2, with means ranging from 2.00 to 2.60.
Six Turks and Caicos sectors share the most accessible floor tier
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Beverages | 100% | 40% | 50% | 50% | 30% | 0% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Music | 100% | 40% | 30% | 60% | 40% | 10% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Science | 100% | 30% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Customer Services | 100% | 20% | 40% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Distance Learning | 100% | 30% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 10% | 80% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Education | 100% | 20% | 10% | 30% | 10% | 10% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 70% | 30% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 30% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Travel & Tourism | 100% | 30% | 10% | 60% | 30% | 0% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Manufacturing | 85.7% | 71.4% | 42.9% | 42.9% | 28.6% | 42.9% | 57.1% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Adult | 100% | 40% | 40% | 80% | 10% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Advertising & Mktg | 100% | 40% | 60% | 30% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Airlines | 90% | 10% | 10% | 50% | 30% | 20% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Banking | 100% | 20% | 0% | 20% | 0% | 10% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Design | 100% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 100% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Non-Profit | 90% | 30% | 20% | 60% | 20% | 10% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
Adult, Advertising & Marketing, Airlines, Banking, Design, and Non-Profit all share a mean recommended tier of 1.70 — the floor for Turks and Caicos’ most accessible sector cluster.