What is Applebot?

Applebot is the official web crawler developed and operated by Apple Inc. Its primary function is to index web pages and gather content from the internet to enhance Apple’s search-related services, including Siri, Spotlight Suggestions, and Safari search results. Applebot identifies itself with the user-agent string containing 'applebot.' Website owners can control Applebot’s access to their sites using the standard robots.txt protocol. Apple provides documentation about Applebot’s behavior, user-agent strings, and guidelines for webmasters. The crawler is designed to respect web standards and privacy, ensuring that indexed content is used to improve the relevance and quality of search results within Apple’s ecosystem.

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