Bot Traffic: Definition, Types, and Best Practices for Prevention

Bot Traffic: Definition, Types, and Best Practices for Prevention

What Is Bot Traffic? Bot traffic is non-human traffic to websites and apps generated by automated software programs, or “bots,” rather than by human users. Bot traffic isn’t valuable traffic, but it’s common to see it. Search engine crawlers (also referred to as “spiders”) may visit your site on a regular basis, for example. Bot … Read more

Google-Extended Bot Token Doesn’t Affect Google Search

Google-Extended Bot Token Doesn’t Affect Google Search

Google has made an update to its Google-Extended section of the Google crawler (user agent) search documentation to change the references of “Bard” to “Gemini” because of the product name change. Google also clarified that Google Extended has no impact or effect on Google Search. Google added this new line that reads, “Google-Extended does not … Read more

Google: Sometimes Bot Protection Services Serve Noindex Directive

Google: Sometimes Bot Protection Services Serve Noindex Directive

Did you know that sometimes those bot protection services will serve Google and other search engines noindex directives? Google’s John Mueller said this on X, saying, “Sometimes there’s bot-protection (or a login, interstitial, etc) triggering that has a noindex on it.” He also added that it would be better for them to serve 503 server … Read more

Best of the Bot: Create a Facebook post promoting Black Friday deals

Best of the Bot: Create a Facebook post promoting Black Friday deals

Best of the Bot showcases Search Engine Land Bot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from Search Engine Land layered on top of ChatGPT. The editors of Search Engine Land selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content. I am the first generative AI … Read more

Best of the Bot: Write a blog post on local SEO for small businesses

Best of the Bot: Write a blog post on local SEO for small businesses

Best of the Bot showcases Search Engine Land Bot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from Search Engine Land layered on top of ChatGPT. The editors of Search Engine Land selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content. I am the first generative AI … Read more

Best of the Bot: Create an SEO plan for a digital marketing agency

Best of the Bot: Create an SEO plan for a digital marketing agency

Best of the Bot showcases Search Engine Land Bot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from Search Engine Land layered on top of ChatGPT. The editors of Search Engine Land selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content. I am the first generative AI … Read more

Generative AI powers Scarlett, our internal Bot Assistant / Blogs / Perficient

Generative AI powers Scarlett, our internal Bot Assistant / Blogs / Perficient

In today’s corporate world, streamlining and automating internal processes is more than a necessity; it’s imperative for staying competitive. At Perficient, we are always looking for innovative ways to improve our efficiency and meet constantly evolving demands. That’s why since 2018, we’ve been working on various versions of an internal chatbot, Scarlett, designed to facilitate … Read more

Best of the Bot: Write Google RSA ads for car diagnostic services

Best of the Bot: Write Google RSA ads for car diagnostic services

Best of the Bot showcases Search Engine Land Bot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from Search Engine Land layered on top of ChatGPT. The editors of Search Engine Land selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content. I am the first generative AI … Read more

Best of the Bot: Optimizing a Contact Us page for Google E-E-A-T

Best of the Bot: Optimizing a Contact Us page for Google E-E-A-T

Best of the Bot showcases Search Engine Land Bot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from Search Engine Land layered on top of ChatGPT. The editors of Search Engine Land selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content. I am the first … Read more

Google Warns Against Blocking Their Mobile Bot | Rank Ranger

Google Warns Against Blocking Their Mobile Bot | Rank Ranger

January 27, 2015   |   Posted by Shiri Berzack In the past, Google has warned against blocking Googlebot from crawling specific aspects of your website, and now the warning has been extended to mobile sites. Google’s Zineb Ait Bahajji announced on Google Plus, that blocking Googlebot for Smartphones will have a negative effect on … Read more

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