Applebot-Extended
Applebot-Extended is assigned to the AI category by BotScope. Detection is based on the user-agent string. Current pattern:
Applebot-Extended
AI training crawlers collect web content as training material for large language models. They bring no direct traffic — your content ends up in the model and influences future AI answers. Most honour robots.txt, some are more aggressive than search engine crawlers.
In the BotScope dashboard you see for Applebot-Extended: top paths, status distribution, byte volume and whether the user-agent signature stays stable over time or rotates.
robots.txt directive for Applebot-Extended
If you don't want Applebot-Extended to crawl your site, add the following block to your /robots.txt. This works only for bots that honour robots.txt — malicious crawlers ignore it.
User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: /
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