Appleb
Search Engineby Apple
Applebot
Apple's web crawler, used for Siri Suggested Websites, Spotlight Search on Mac/iOS, and Apple Intelligence features. With Apple Intelligence expanding, Applebot is increasingly relevant for AI-driven content discovery.
Respects robots.txt
Yes
Can be blocked
Yes
Crawl-Delay support
No
Type
Search Engine
Purpose
Siri, Spotlight, and Apple Intelligence web search
SEO Impact
Allowing Applebot improves chances of appearing in Siri suggestions, Spotlight results, and Apple Intelligence answers, particularly important for Apple-heavy audiences.
User-Agent String
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Applebot/0.1; +http://www.apple.com/go/applebot)
robots.txt Control
Add "User-agent: Applebot" with "Disallow: /" in robots.txt.
Block
User-agent: Applebot Disallow: /
Allow (default)
User-agent: Applebot Allow: /
Official Documentation
Test your robots.txt against Applebot
Check which paths are blocked or allowed for each user-agent