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44.4% of the 36 Classifiedssites we tested run a managed anti-bot or WAF. That is a homepage-level reading — the listing, search, and account pages people actually scrape are usually more protected.
Vendors in this category
| Site | Protected | Anti-bot / WAF |
|---|---|---|
| 2dehands.be | Open | — |
| americanlisted.com | Open | — |
| bazaraki.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| beenverified.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| blocket.se | Open | — |
| brownbook.net | Protected | Cloudflare |
| citysearch.com | Open | — |
| craigslist.org | Open | — |
| dba.dk | Open | — |
| finn.no | Open | — |
| gumtree.com | Open | — |
| gumtree.com.au | Protected | Unidentified WAF / bot protection |
| hoobly.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| intelius.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| jiji.ng | Protected | Cloudflare |
| letgo.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| locanto.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| manta.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| marktplaats.nl | Open | — |
| merchantcircle.com | Open | — |
| milanuncios.com | Open | GeeTest |
| offerup.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| olx.com | Open | — |
| quikr.com | Open | — |
| spokeo.com | Open | — |
| subito.it | Open | — |
| sulekha.com | Open | — |
| superpages.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| tori.fi | Open | — |
| truthfinder.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| wallapop.com | Open | — |
| whitepages.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| willhaben.at | Open | — |
| yell.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| yellowpages.ca | Open | — |
| yellowpages.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
Compare with the rest of the full Anti-Bot Adoption Index (of 960 reachable top sites, 55.6% are protected).