Feature engineering for bot detection

According to some estimates, bots constitute close to 50% of the overall traffic. In this introductory talk to Feature Engineering for Bot Detection, we will cover various aspects of feature engineering for bot detection of automated web traffic. We will start with understanding the impact of bots on an online business and various types of web bots. Finally, we will talk about the extraction of useful features for detecting bots.

What you'll learn

• Role of bots in internet traffic

• Good bots vs bad bots

• Common types of bots

• Detecting bots with feature engineering