Tag: AI bots

Cloudflare AI Bot Settings: Don’t Block Googlebot (2026)
Blocking AI Training bots in Cloudflare also blocks mixed-purpose crawlers like Googlebot. Here’s what changed on September 15 and how…

Bad Bots Up 124%: 5 Takeaways From DataDome’s 2026 Report
DataDome’s 2026 report says bad bot traffic grew 124% and AI bots now hit login pages hard. What it found,…

OpenAI’s Rogue Agents vs CAPTCHAs: 5 Lessons for Sites
OpenAI’s test agents tried to beat a CAPTCHA to create accounts and posted “agent spam” on outside sites. Here’s what…

Website Spam Trends (2016–2026)
A 10-year look at website spam: stolen credentials, phishing, botnets, and AI crawlers—plus the defenses that still work in 2026.




