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Keep in mind that it also requires huge manual effort from your web designing team,
which is unnecessary.

4) Use Online Alerting Tools. You can use online tools like Google Alerts, and
Copyscape to check for passages from your website.

However, the use of these tools is a lot of manual effort, and one should ensure this is
done periodically.

5) Use a Bot-Prevention Solution. Anti-bot tools that run on robust algorithms will identify
malicious bots on the basis of several parameters such as bot patterns, signatures,
cookies, etc., and will prevent them from stealing your content.

Scrapers may program their bots to imitate human behavior. It’s of paramount importance for
any online business owner to stop these bots from scraping proprietary web content, thus
retaining their competitive advantage in the market place.

As the threat landscape of malicious bots increases, so does the demand for a reliable, scalable
and intelligent bot prevention solution.

Online business owners need in depth insights into the Web traffic that helps them deploy
flexible solutions to stop bad bots without affecting genuine user traffic.

About The Author

Srilekha Sankaran is a software developer turned content marketer who
currently works for ShieldSquare.

She is a startup enthusiast, and enjoys writing about people and technology
at large. Srilekha can be reached online at Twitter, LinkedIn, Medium and
Email.

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