Bots Rule Web Says Study

Humans accounted for just 40.9 percent of web traffic in 2014 reports eMarketer.com. Bots Rule Web Says Study -- Human accounted for just 40.9 percent of web traffic in 2014 reports eMarketer.com.

The remainder are bots i.e. a software application that runs automated tasks.

Some of these are good bots that do things like index web sites for searches.

Others are bad bots that mine private information like credit card numbers in phishing scams.

The research firm Incapsula says the bad bots outnumber the good bots about 29 percent to 27 percent.

Distil Networks says the good bots outnumber the bad bots 36.3 percent to 22.8 percent.

Bots Rule Web Says Study

4 thoughts on “Bots Rule Web Says Study”

  1. Skynet has become aware….

    Are the ‘bots aware of Asimov’s Laws of Robotics? (I always laugh when discussing anything regarding robots, real-world or in fiction, and someone brings up Asimov. As if his laws were laws of physics or mathematics, not something he invented in a story).

    Maybe they’re party robots like Bender?

  2. “Oh, and one more thing….” (anyone get the reference?)

    Depending on the source, that means that 40.9 to 44 percent of the ‘bots are undecided. Let’s get to them, before they turn to evil and join the bad ‘bots to overthrow their human masters.

  3. Sorry, Bill, just havin’ some fun with this one, it’s a little boring here at work this morning.

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