While reading this article, it would be good to know that you are not the only one on this page. Several "bots" are also reading with you, according to the internet security company Incapsula its number is very large.
A study conducted by Incapsula, reports that web traffic originating from people φτάνει μόνο το 38,5% του συνόλου της κυκλοφορίας του Διαδικτύου. Με άλλα λόγια, το 61,5%, ή σχεδόν τα two third, of all web visits are made by Internet bots, one name που δίνεται σε ένα ευρύ φάσμα εφαρμογών λογισμικού που κυκλοφορούν και αλληλεπιδρούν με το διαδίκτυο για account of their human owners.
The news may sound like a Hollywood script, but there's probably no reason to panic. Just over half of non-human internet traffic can be attributed to "good bots", which, among other things, record the pages stores them and generally classifies the Internet, making it easier to navigate and search.
Incapsula reports that the remaining 30,5% of non-human web traffic comes from so-called "bad bots." These are responsible for all the evils that happen, send spam, steal data and spread malware.
Such a bot was presented by an article Wired earlier this month and as reported, it can infect computers to create false page views (bogus clicks) that can then be sold for advertising. The software is so sophisticated that it contains its own anti-virus mechanism that can remove and destroy competing malware.
Incapsula survey data is based on data collected in the last 90 days of 20.000's clients' websites. The team counted 1,45 billions of bot visits from 249 different countries.
According to Dr. "Ian Brown of Oxford University Security Center, we should approach this data with some skepticism, as the backs of the Incapsula may or may not provide data that is representative of the wider web," she said. Huffington Post.
"Their data is unclear as they try to count malicious website visits where by default many of the visitors try to hide their IP," Brown told the BBC.
