Are Those Robots or People Clicking on Your Site?
Mitch Joel
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Posted 05.20.2012
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The use of robots to crawl the Internet to grab as much information for possible in a malicious way is nothing new. The ability for website owners to get smarter and ensure that they are protecting their consumers (from both the robots and third-party deals) is nothing new, either, but the numbers are getting out of control.