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<\/a>Incapsula bot traffic report 2013<\/p><\/div>\n
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Bots are generating more Internet traffic than humans, according to a new report by content delivery network, Incapsula.<\/p>\n
Humans, who foolishly believe they are the apex beings online, only drive 38.5% of all traffic online, Incapsula’s data showed, while “non-humans” or bots, both friendly and malicious – drive the remaining 61.5%.<\/p>\n
This is an increase of 21% since 2012, when the split between human and non-human traffic drive was almost even at 49% and 51%, respectively.<\/p>\n
“The bulk of [this] growth is attributed to increased visits by good bots (i.e., certified agents of legitimate software, such as search engines) whose presence increased from 20% to 31% in 2013,” Incapsula said.<\/p>\n
The company noted, however, that 31% of bots are still malicious, though spammer bot numbers have decreased.<\/p>\n
Bots take the form of data scrapers, hacking tools, spammers and impersonators.<\/p>\n
Incapsula said that it defines traffic in terms of site visitors, not bandwidth or connections.<\/p>\n
For the purpose of its report, the company observed 1.45 billion visits, which occurred over a 90 day period.<\/p>\n
The data was collected from a group of 20,000 sites on Incapsula\u2019s network, covering all of the world\u2019s 249 countries.<\/p>\n