Overview
TLS is Trinidad and Tobago's most elevated secondary barrier
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 94.2% |
| Antibot | 21.7% |
| CAPTCHA | 23.5% |
| JavaScript | 42.7% |
| Rate Limiting | 13.8% |
| TLS | 19.9% |
WAF covers 94.2% of sites in Trinidad and Tobago. JavaScript (42.7%) leads secondary barriers. CAPTCHA (23.5%) and Antibot (21.7%) are close. TLS, at 19.9%, is above the global average of 17.7% and the most notable secondary elevation.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript tops Trinidad and Tobago's active secondary defences
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 94.2% |
| Antibot | 21.7% |
| CAPTCHA | 23.5% |
| JavaScript | 42.7% |
| Rate Limiting | 13.8% |
| TLS | 19.9% |
| Has robots.txt | 81.9% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 14.3% |
WAF reaches 94.2% of sites. JavaScript (42.7%) is the leading secondary barrier. CAPTCHA (23.5%) and Antibot (21.7%) sit close to global norms. TLS at 19.9% is above the 17.7% global average; Rate Limiting sits at 13.8%.
Most Trinidad and Tobago sites carry at least two barriers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 3.3% |
| 1 barrier | 28.5% |
| 2 barriers | 36.5% |
| 3 barriers | 17.7% |
| 4 barriers | 9.5% |
| 5 barriers | 3.9% |
| 6 barriers | 0.6% |
36.5% of sites in Trinidad and Tobago carry exactly two barriers — the modal count. Only 3.3% have none, one of the lower zero-barrier rates in the region. Sites with three or more account for 31.7%.
Trinidad and Tobago sites sit comfortably in the Easy access band
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.7 |
The median recommended tier is 2 (Easy), with fewer than half of sites accessible at Tier 1 (Simple). A mean of 1.70 reflects the weight of straightforward sites keeping the overall score low within Tier 2.
Most Trinidad and Tobago sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 46.2% |
| 2 - Easy | 40.7% |
| 3 - Moderate | 10.5% |
| 4 - Complex | 2.1% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0.6% |
Tier 1 (Simple) covers 46.2% of sites; Tier 2 (Easy) a further 40.7% — 86.9% combined. Tier 3 (Moderate) applies to 10.5% of sites. Tiers 4 and 5 together account for just 2.7%.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top Trinidad and Tobago's robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 15.9% |
| SEO / search indexing | 12.3% |
| SEO audit tools | 12.5% |
| Commercial scrapers | 7.7% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 4.3% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.6% |
AI crawlers appear in robots.txt on 15.9% of all sites. SEO audit tools (12.5%) and SEO/search indexing (12.3%) are closely matched. Commercial scrapers appear on 7.7% of sites; monitoring bots on 0.6%.
Uniform rules are Trinidad and Tobago's most common robots.txt posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 42.2% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 34.1% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 2.7% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.6% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.4% |
42.2% of all sites use uniform per-agent rules and 34.1% apply path-level mixing. Allow-only policies account for 2.7% of sites. Mixed AI posture sits at 2.6%; blanket Disallow: / at 2.4%.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in Trinidad and Tobago's robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 11.1% | 2.1% |
| CCBot | 8.7% | 0.8% |
| ClaudeBot | 8% | 0.8% |
| Google-Extended | 7.9% | 1.3% |
| Bytespider | 7% | 0.4% |
| meta-externalagent | 3.1% | 0.4% |
| ChatGPT-User | 5.9% | 2.7% |
| PerplexityBot | 6% | 2.3% |
| Applebot-Extended | 4.6% | 0.3% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4.3% | 2.4% |
| anthropic-ai | 4.9% | 0.7% |
GPTBot is named in Disallow rules on 11.1% of all sites in Trinidad and Tobago. CCBot (8.7%) and ClaudeBot (8.0%) follow. ChatGPT-User receives the most explicit Allow rules at 2.7%.
Seven Trinidad and Tobago sectors all name at least one bot
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Civil Engineering | 100% |
| Computer & Video Games | 100% |
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Newspapers | 100% |
| Political Orgs | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Events | 90% |
| Facilities Services | 90% |
| Foreign Language | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Healthcare | 90% |
| Insurance | 90% |
| Investment | 90% |
Civil Engineering, Computer & Video Games, Design, Entertainment, Newspapers, Political Orgs, and Retail each see 100% of sites naming at least one bot to restrict. Eight further sectors — including Healthcare and Insurance — sit at 90%.
Trinidad and Tobago's Political Orgs sector leads in explicitly allowing crawlers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Political Orgs | 100% |
| Public Policy | 87.5% |
| Warehousing | 80% |
| Investment | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Real Estate | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Science | 70% |
| Aerospace & Defence | 60% |
| Airlines | 60% |
| Architecture | 60% |
| Graphic Design | 60% |
| Market Research | 60% |
| Renewable Energy | 60% |
Political Orgs is the only sector at 100% for explicit bot Allow rules. Public Policy follows at 87.5% and Warehousing at 80%. Investment, Photography, Publishing, Real Estate, Retail, and Science each reach 70%.
Industry Patterns
Jewellery and Luxury is Trinidad and Tobago's hardest sector for crawlers
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 20% | 10% | 30% | 30% | 50% | 60% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Hospitality | 90% | 20% | 0% | 70% | 30% | 40% | 70% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Real Estate | 100% | 20% | 10% | 70% | 40% | 30% | 70% | 30% | Tier 3 |
| Medical Devices | 90% | 20% | 0% | 50% | 20% | 10% | 90% | 0% | Tier 3 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 90% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 80% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 90% | 40% | 20% | 60% | 30% | 0% | 50% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Furniture | 100% | 30% | 10% | 30% | 0% | 60% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 100% | 10% | 0% | 70% | 10% | 10% | 100% | 50% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 80% | 30% | 0% | 30% | 40% | 40% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 60% | 60% | 40% | 50% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Computer Hardware | 90% | 20% | 0% | 30% | 20% | 40% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 10% | 10% | 50% | 10% | 40% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Food & Beverages | 100% | 40% | 30% | 70% | 40% | 0% | 70% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 100% | 20% | 30% | 70% | 30% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Crafts | 100% | 40% | 40% | 50% | 30% | 10% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
Jewellery & Luxury records the highest mean recommended tier at 2.90 with a median of 3 (Moderate). Hospitality and Real Estate follow at mean 2.70, also with median tier 3. Medical Devices sits at mean 2.60.
Customer Services is Trinidad and Tobago's most accessible sector for crawlers
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mail & Delivery | 80% | 40% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Reference | 80% | 40% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 70% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 80% | 40% | 10% | 30% | 0% | 30% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Wholesalers | 80% | 30% | 30% | 40% | 40% | 30% | 60% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Design | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Insurance | 90% | 30% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 0% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Recruitment & Staffing | 90% | 30% | 50% | 20% | 0% | 10% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Restaurants | 90% | 40% | 30% | 60% | 40% | 10% | 50% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 80% | 10% | 20% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Adult | 100% | 40% | 40% | 80% | 20% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Manufacturing | 80% | 10% | 10% | 30% | 0% | 40% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Military | 100% | 10% | 10% | 40% | 0% | 30% | 100% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Printing | 100% | 10% | 20% | 30% | 10% | 10% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Public Safety | 90% | 20% | 40% | 70% | 20% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Customer Services | 100% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 30% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
Customer Services records the lowest mean recommended tier in Trinidad and Tobago at 1.80, with a median of Tier 2 (Easy). It is the sole sector at this floor, with five sectors close behind at 1.90.