Category Archive For "BotGuard Blog"
How Much Does the Hosting Industry Waste on Uplink?
According to various estimates, anywhere between a quarter to half of all web traffic today is generated by bad bots. This is what we call parasitic traffic and it poses no benefits to either website owners or hosting companies in any way. However, one thing is clear: If you pay for uplink, and you’re not …
BotGuard vs BitNinja
When it comes to buying a bot protection service, choosing the right provider can be daunting. While we respect our competitors, we also believe our solution is more accessible and effective for a wider range of clients and end-users. We’ve gathered some information in this blog that will hopefully help you choose the best solution …
BotGuard vs DataDome
When it comes to buying a bot protection service, choosing the right provider can be daunting. While we respect our competitors, we also believe our solution is more accessible and effective for a wider range of clients and end-users. We’ve gathered some information in this blog that will hopefully help you choose the best solution …
Bot Landscape: Attack on E-commerce
Maybe you’ve noticed in the last several months that bots are crawling all over the news. No pun intended. It seems like these pesky little pieces of software are finally catching the public’s attention – and in a big way. We’re pleased to present you with our latest digest of the most interesting and relative …
Starting today our new blog site is available to you
The BotGuard official blog has moved to blog.botguard.net. An important part of the BotGuard mission is to update you on the everchanging bots landscape, including information on automated website traffic, crawlers, scrapers, browser emulators, and means of protection against all malicious activity. Integrating our official blog seamlessly with our BotGuard web site allows us to …
New Support Desk
BotGuard is pleased to introduce our new support desk system, a more streamlined for our users to seek assistance and track important support messages. Our new desk web interface provides a ticket system for all communications with BotGuard’s helpdesk, which can be tracked and managed by our Support Team and the client who created the …
Robots.txt: who is looking for the files you want to keep hidden
When hackers first probe a site for vulnerabilities, there is one thing that is almost always on their list, robots.txt. This is a special file for search engine crawlers telling them which pages or files from your site they should or shouldn’t parse and index. Pay attention to the second part, it tells search engines which files …
G’Day and Kia Ora!
We’re thrilled to announce that BotGuard is now available in Australia and New Zealand as well. Our ANZ team is ready to help you learn about our platform. We are delighted that we’ve managed to attract experienced and talented managers and engineers as we have big plans for this extremely interesting market. Despite its youth, …
Pro Tips for Choosing the Right Web Host
There was a time, early in the history of the web, when choosing a hosting provider was easy. You compared a number of server parameters like CPU, memory size, and bandwidth You considered some less important factors like disk capacity, along with more important factors like price, and, eventually, based on what you found, you …
Why Don’t We Block DDoS Attacks?
We are often asked if BotGuard protects against DDoS attacks. The short answer is no. Or more correctly, it depends. Here is a longer explanation that will help you understand why.