These numbers are legitimately shocking.

These numbers are legitimately shocking.

Iran runs 81.4% bots at home while retail absorbs 13% of automated requests, a split that now decides which crawlers reach product pages and which get shut out.

Iran runs 81.4% bots at home while retail absorbs 13% of automated requests, a split that now decides which crawlers reach product pages and which get shut out.

AI bots crawl retail sites 198x more per visit than Google, bot traffic rose 5.4x in 2025, and 80% of websites are exposed to agent spoofing, per new research.

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Iran runs 81.4% bots at home while retail absorbs 13% of automated requests, a split that now decides which crawlers reach product pages and which get shut out.

Operators can now track, edit and cancel entries and read rejection reasons that support email once handled. Ownership controls and site feedback come next.

Operators can now track, edit and cancel entries and read rejection reasons that support email once handled. Ownership controls and site feedback come next.

AI bots crawl retail sites 198x more per visit than Google, bot traffic rose 5.4x in 2025, and 80% of websites are exposed to agent spoofing, per new research.

Iran runs 81.4% bots at home while retail absorbs 13% of automated requests, a split that now decides which crawlers reach product pages and which get shut out.

AI bots now dominate the internet, accounting for over half of all traffic, with 40% classified as malicious.

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