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Bad Bots Mimic Human Behavior

An eMarketer article reports that while nearly two-thirds of "bad bots" globally behave like bots, about 40% are able to mimic human behavior, according to 2015 research by Distil Networks. The bot detection and mitigation services provider looked at data from its network including 74 billion bad bot threats as well as so-called "good bots" and human traffic. The company looked at the share of bad bots that copied human behavior, and those able to load external assets like JavaScript files. The research found that 53% of bad bots were able to do so, and will wind up being attributed as humans in Google Analytics and similar tools.
While almost two-thirds of bad bots worldwide behave like bots, roughly 40% are able to mimic human behavior, according to 2015 research. - See more at: http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Many-Bad-Bots-Mimic-Human-Behavior/1013809?ecid=NL1001#sthash.J6sAz7Xy.dpuf
While almost two-thirds of bad bots worldwide behave like bots, roughly 40% are able to mimic human behavior, according to 2015 research. - See more at: http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Many-Bad-Bots-Mimic-Human-Behavior/1013809?ecid=NL1001#sthash.J6sAz7Xy.dpuf

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