The Bot Categories section provides access to logs generated by the Advanced Bot Protection service. These log events include information on the following:
- Bot Traffic - Displays the bot requests that are categorized based on their behavior. To see the graph for a particular bot category, deselect all other categories apart from the category you want to see the graph for. Click on the category to deselect.
- Geo Distribution - Displays the geographical location where the bot requests originated from. Hover over the map to view the number of bot requests originating from a particular region/country.
- Bot Sessions - The table displays the session details of the bot request.
- Bot ID - A unique ID assigned to the identified bot.
- BOT NAME - Name of the bot.
- BOT FAMILY - Name of the family that the bot belongs to.
- CATEGORY - Name of the predefined category that the bot belongs to. Bots are categorized based on their behavior. Bot categories:
Crawler/Indexer
Tool
Technical Partner/ Commercial Bot
Social Media Agent
Known Violator
Browser Integrity
Advanced Bot
Advanced Persistent Bot
Impersonator
Uncategorized
- CLASSIFICATION - Name of the predefined classification that the bot belongs to. Classifications:
Search Engine Bot
Copyright Bot
Aggregator
Website Analyzer Tool
Proxy Service
Screenshot Creator
Page Speed Tester
Virus Scanner
Backlink Checker
Virtual Assistant
Site Monitoring
Marketing/Advertising
SEO/Website Analyzer Tool
Chatbot
Vulnerability Scanner
Link Preview Generator
Feed Fetcher
Empty UA
Known Bad User Agent
Developer/Hacking Tool
HTTP Request Library
Application/Software Library
Known Bad Device
Improper Header Name/Value Pair
Non-Standard User Agent Build
Programmatic Browsing
Automated Browser/Web driver
Headless Browser
Advanced Persistent Bot
Impersonator
Unclassified
Unrecognized
- SESSIONS - Total number of sessions established by the identified bot.
