What is a web crawler? | How web spiders work
A web crawler, or spider, is a bot typically operated by search engines like Google and Bing. Their purpose is to index the content of websites all across the Internet…
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A web crawler, or spider, is a bot typically operated by search engines like Google and Bing. Their purpose is to index the content of websites all across the Internet…
CAPTCHAs and reCAPTCHAs determine if a user is a bot. While these tests can help stop malicious bot activity, they are far from foolproof. What is a CAPTCHA? A CAPTCHA…
A reverse proxy protects web servers from attacks and can provide performance and reliability benefits. Learn more about forward and reverse proxies. What is a proxy server? A forward proxy,…
Click fraud fakes clicks target pay-per-click ads, boosting webpage search rankings or artificially inflating the popularity of a post. Click bots are often responsible for click fraud. What is click…
A bot is a software program that operates on the Internet and performs repetitive tasks. While some bot traffic is from good bots, bad bots can negatively impact a website…
Personal information is any information that can identify a person, from someone’s name and address to their device identifier and account number. What is personal information or personal data? Personal…
A warrant canary is a public statement describing an action that a service provider has not done; the statement is removed if the service provider gets a legal order to…
Data privacy is the protection of personal data from those who should not have access to it and the ability of individuals to determine who can access their personal information.…
Content scraping or web scraping is when bots download or “scrape” all the content from a website, often using that content maliciously. What is content scraping? Content scraping, or web…
Bot management involves identifying and blocking some bots from a website or application while allowing access to other bots. Bot management blocks undesired or malicious Internet bot traffic while allowing…