Rattlesnakes By Mail

Claim 10

Applebot does not follow the robots.txt Crawl-delay directive.

entity
Applebot
field
honours_crawl_delay
value
no
statement
Applebot does not follow the robots.txt Crawl-delay directive.
evidence_url
https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829
evidence_quote
"Applebot does not follow crawl-delay. Applebot is engineered for efficiency and will adjust to minimize the impact on site owners." source dated 2026-09-04
method
vendor_doc
verified_at
2026-09-13
confidence
high
status
current
supersedes
none

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