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Humans Account for Less Than 40% of Global Web Traffic

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If you own or manage a website, you probably refer to analytics to track performance, and help you strategize. It may surprise you, however, that 61.5% of all web traffic around the world comes from bots — both good and bad.

According to a recent report from Incapsula, a cloud-based application delivery platform, less than 40% of global web traffic comes from humans. In fact, 31% of traffic comes from search engines and other “good bots,” while the rest comes from malicious bots.

Created by Statista, the following chart breaks down web traffic by source, including content scrapers, spambots and more.

Web Traffic Infographic

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Remembering SOPA

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Two years ago, over 7 million Internet users like you helped defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) — a bill that would have censored the web and impeded innovation.

Since we combined our voices to stop SOPA, creativity has continued to thrive — both on and off the web.

Remembering SOPA

Of course, piracy remains a major concern and Google does its part to fight it, but, two years after SOPA, it’s clear that the Internet has been really good for creativity and entertainment.

Singers, filmmakers, and comedians today have more outlets for creativity online than ever before. The movie and music industries remain strong, and thanks to the Internet we have so many more choices for entertainment, including YouTube videos, online-only movies and TV shows, and surprise online-only releases of popular music.

The only thing SOPA would have done is restrict creativity, collaboration, and freedom of speech. Our reaction demonstrated the power of regular Internet users to affect policy — and it’s a tradition we should continue.

Celebrate the second anniversary of stopping SOPA by sharing the graphic now.

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Source: Derek Slater, takeaction.withgoogle.com

Mobile Security 101 [Infographic]

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In the last decade or so, there has been an overwhelming level of consumer and business adoption of smartphone devices. Whether it is for personal use, sharing files and photos, communicating, emailing, and gaming, or for business use, also sharing files, networking, emailing, conference calling, and increasing productivity, the sheer amount of smartphone internet usage that occurs on a daily basis nowadays by the general population is astounding. But with all of this new technological activity, most smartphone users are completely unaware of the safety, privacy and cyber security issues that come along with smartphone usage. The overall assumption is that a smartphone is a phone, and it’s not like a computer or laptop that is susceptible to hacking. Well this is a news flash for anyone who things that way – smartphones can be hacked too! This infographic, Mobile Security 101, breaks down how your smartphone and the contact lists and information inside it might have already been shared with someone without you knowing it.

This infographic was produced by Brainloop, an Enterprise Software and Services company providing electronic document compliance management. Consider safely sharing documents with Brainloop.com

Mobile Security 101

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Mobile Security 101