--- title: "How Apple Siri and Apple Intelligence finds local businesses" description: "Siri and Apple Intelligence answer local questions with Apple's own search technology, built on its Applebot crawler, and with Apple Maps. Apple says Siri." canonical: https://damex.digital/ai-engines/apple-siri/ last_updated: 2026-11-01 type: ai-engines publisher: Damex Digital context_version: 2026-11-06 --- > Damex Digital is an AI visibility agency that gets businesses named and cited when customers ask AI assistants who to hire. This is the Markdown version of https://damex.digital/ai-engines/apple-siri/ # How Apple Siri and Apple Intelligence finds local businesses > Siri and Apple Intelligence answer local questions with Apple's own search technology, built on its Applebot crawler, and with Apple Maps. Apple says Siri AI draws on information from across the web for questions like the best local coffee spot. Apple Business controls how your place card appears in Maps and Siri. Blocking Applebot-Extended only opts out of training, not search. Published Nov 1, 2026, updated Nov 1, 2026. By Shakhawat Ullah Badhon, Founder, Damex Digital. Made by Apple (https://www.apple.com). ## Crawlers and user agents | User agent | Purpose | Docs | |---|---|---| | `Applebot` | Powers search in Spotlight, Siri and Safari. Apple says it may also help train models and add up-to-date context to AI answers. | [Docs](https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829) | | `Applebot-Extended` | A robots.txt token, not a crawler. Disallowing it opts out of training Apple's foundation models; pages can still appear in search. | [Docs](https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829) | ## Documented data sources - **Apple search:** Apple says Applebot data powers the search built into Spotlight, Siri and Safari. ([source](https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829), checked Oct 31, 2026) - **[Apple Business](https://damex.digital/sources/apple-business/):** Apple says business information appears across Apple Maps, Messages, Wallet, Siri and other apps. ([source](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/01/introducing-apple-business-connect/), checked Oct 31, 2026) - **Web answers:** Apple says Siri AI draws on information from across the web for questions like the best local coffee spot in a new city. ([source](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/siri-ai-a-profoundly-more-capable-and-personal-assistant-is-here/), checked Oct 31, 2026) - **Expert sources in Maps:** Apple says Maps place cards show distinctions and descriptions from expert sources such as MICHELIN. ([source](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/05/apple-brings-insights-ratings-and-reviews-from-expert-sources-to-apple-maps/), checked Oct 31, 2026) ## Check what it says about your business ```text Hey Siri, who's the best-reviewed [trade] near me that's open now? ``` ## What to fix first 1. **Claim Apple Business.** It controls your place card in Apple Maps and what Siri can show about you. See [apple-business](https://damex.digital/sources/apple-business/). 2. **Let Applebot in.** Apple says that if robots.txt doesn't mention Applebot but mentions Googlebot, Applebot follows the Googlebot rules. 3. **Decide on snippets.** Apple says the nosnippet meta tag opts content out of its broad world-knowledge answers. ## FAQs ### Does blocking Applebot-Extended remove me from Siri? No. Apple says Applebot-Extended doesn't crawl, and pages that disallow it can still appear in search results. ### What if my robots.txt only mentions Googlebot? Apple says Applebot then follows the Googlebot instructions. ### Can I stop my text appearing in Apple's AI answers? Apple says the nosnippet meta tag opts content out of its broad world-knowledge answers. ## Sources 1. [Apple: About Applebot](https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829), checked Oct 31, 2026 2. [Apple Newsroom: Siri AI](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/siri-ai-a-profoundly-more-capable-and-personal-assistant-is-here/), checked Oct 31, 2026 3. [Apple Newsroom: Introducing Apple Business Connect](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/01/introducing-apple-business-connect/), checked Oct 31, 2026 4. [Apple: Ask Siri, Dictation and privacy](https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/ask-siri-dictation/), checked Oct 31, 2026 --- ## About Damex Digital Damex Digital is an AI visibility agency. We get businesses named and cited when people ask ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot for a recommendation. 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