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BotGuard- A Solution to Protect Your Website from Bots


BotGuard is an AI-powered bot protection platform that provides a comprehensive solution to protect your website from bots.

In today’s digital world, bots have become a serious business problem. They can crawl through websites and gather information, spam comments, steal sensitive data, and even launch DDoS attacks. And this is where BotGuard comes into play.

What is BotGuard?
It’s a platform that offers real-time protection from bad bots. It employs artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyse the behaviour of incoming requests to determine if they are coming from a bot or a legitimate user. It protects sites from all types of bots, including web scraping, credential stuffing, spam, and DDoS bots.

How does BotGuard work?
BotGuard works by analysing the behaviour of incoming requests to determine if they are coming from a bot or a legitimate user. It uses machine learning algorithms to identify patterns and behaviours associated with bots.
BotGuard provides a range of features, including:

  1. Real-time bot detection: BotGuard can detect and block bots in real-time before they can cause any damage to your website.
  2. Customizable bot rules: You can create custom rules to block specific types of bots or set thresholds for certain behaviours
  3. DDoS protection: This tool can detect and mitigate DDoS attacks, ensuring your website stays online even during an attack.
  4. Reporting and analytics: BotGuard provides detailed reporting and analytics to help you understand the bot traffic on your website and make informed decisions.
  5. Easy integration: BotGuard is easy to integrate into your website with no coding required.

Why do you need BotGuard?
BotGuard is a necessary tool for businesses that want to protect their websites from the damaging effects of bots.
Bots can cause a range of problems for businesses, including:

  1. Scraping your website for data: Bots can scrape your website for data and use them for malicious purposes such as identity theft.
  2. Comment spam: Bots can spam your website with comments, which can reduce the quality of your website and make it look unprofessional.
  3. Credential stuffing: Bots can use stolen login credentials to access your website and steal sensitive information.
  4. DDoS attacks: Bots can launch DDoS attacks, bringing down your website and causing significant damage to your business.

Using BotGuard, you can protect your website from these types of attacks and ensure that your website stays online and secure.

WordPress Integration
Installing the module is standard and straightforward:

  1. Log in to your BotGuard account and navigate to Websites -> Add a website:
Wordpress integration- login to botguard

Enter your domain and click Add.

2. Copy data from the Assigned Notes column

botguard- login

3. Download the WordPress module file.

4. Open the WordPress control panel and go to the “Plugins” section. Click the “Add New” button:

botguard-plugins

5. On the Add plugin page, click the “Upload Plugin” button:

botguard- upload plugin

6. Click the Browse button, select the zip you have already downloaded, and click the “Install Now” button:

botguard - plugin - instal now

7. Wait a few seconds for the plugin to complete installation, and click the “Activate Plugin”
button:

botguard - activate plugin

8. Open the menu and select “Settings” → “BotGuard” to open the Plugin settings page:

botguard - settings

9. Enter the primary and secondary BotGuard servers addresses (from BotGuard Assigned Notes column), check the “Enable” box and click the “Save Changes” button:

botguard- server addresses

Conclusion
In a nutshell, BotGuard is an essential tool for businesses that want to protect their websites from bots. After all, with its advanced AI-powered technology BotGuard can detect and block bots in real time, before they can cause any damage to your website. Its range of protection features, including DDoS protection and customizable bot rules, make it a comprehensive solution for bot protection.
Using BotGuard, you can ensure that your website stays online and secure, protecting your business and customers.

Srdjan Nezic

Senior Full-Stack Web Developer


Srdjan Nezic

Senior Full-Stack Web Developer

I am a seasoned Senior Full Stack Web Developer boasting a rich 12-year tenure in the field of web development. My fervor for crafting digital solutions propels me to seamlessly integrate both frontend and backend proficiencies in conceiving pioneering websites and applications. During my leisure hours, I am dedicated to disseminating knowledge through the medium of blogging.

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