Scraping attacks increased 17 percent in 2014, up for the fifth year in a row, an anti-scraping service says. 22 percent of all site visitors are considered to be scrapers, according to ScrapeSentry. Web scraping tools are out in the open because web scraping is legal in some cases, such as gathering data for personal use. Botnets take web scraping to a whole new and elusive level, and companies can take several steps to fight back, experts say.”]
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