What are eCommerce bots? ECommerce bots are types of bots that are used in all aspects of the eCommerce business. Well-known use cases are customer relationship management, automating purchases, gathering market data, and more. This is a very broad definition, and we’ll get more specific later on in the article. However, first, let’s briefly cover two very important things. What…
Nowadays, some of the most talked-about sportswear brands are Adidas, Nike, New Balance, etc. All of these household names have been on the market for decades. When it comes to improving their sports gear for athletes and their customers they have been at the top of their game. This isn’t something we want to dispute. However, from our perspective, we…
Whenever you’re browsing web pages, there’s a high probability that one or more bots are browsing that same page simultaneously as you. But, have you ever wondered – what are bots? And what’s their purpose? Are they harmless or can they cause damage, and should you be worried? Don’t worry, we know there are a lot of questions to answer…
BotMeNot, a tool for measuring a website’s vulnerability to scraping bots, becomes a part of Total Specific Solutions (TSS). BotMeNot is a tool that is being developed by a team of both young and experienced developers. BotMeNot runs tests on websites and measures their vulnerability to scraping bots. It’s developed by the same team that has developed Price2Spy – and…
Have you been noticing more spam content on the discussion forums you visit? Don’t worry if you have – you’re not alone. From trying to drive traffic to their website to trying to scam people, junk or spam content comes in numerous varieties. This is why we’ve decided to run our APR 2022 bot protection test on various discussion forums…
What is user agent spoofing? And what are user agents in the first place? Is it a good or a bad thing? If you’re curious about answers to these questions, you’re in luck. In this article, we’re addressing them all. Read on! User Agent – definition User Agent is software that uses a specific network protocol (eg. HTTP) and represents…
BotMeNot has released a new type of bot protection test – API Bot Protection test. Initially, with our beta launch, we have released three different bot protection tests: Starter Bot Protection Test; Light Bot Protection Test; and Smart Bot Protection Test. Now, we’re very excited to announce the fourth (but slightly different) type of bot protection test. What makes the…
March 2022 Bot Protection list is out! This time, we’ve decided to do something a little bit different. Namely, we’ve selected a specific niche of websites whose bot protection we’ve decided to test. And it’s a category where bots are going rampant. We’re talking about websites selling extremely coveted clothing and footwear items. Those items are afterward sold on secondary…
If you’ve browsed the Internet for over, let’s say, 30 minutes it’s highly likely that you’ve encountered a CAPTCHA riddle and wondered how to bypass it. We’re talking about those tasks where you have to decipher a highly distorted text, where you have to pick a certain color, or where you have to pick all the images containing a certain…
The Feb 2022 bot protection scores are now published! We have decided, as a part of our ongoing series, to choose 10 websites, test their bot protection, and rank them accordingly! In this month’s list, you may see that we’ve opted for more eCommerce websites than on our previous top 10 Bot Protection lists. This is due to a couple…
