How do i know my visitors is bot or real people?

osdot

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My site got a tonsof traffic and i dont know why.
Analytics show visitors from reddit, youtube, fb, twitter, soundcloud etc.

Before i have 3k per day and now the last 5 days i have 55K visitors/ 155K pageviews mostly from social media.

i tried to search my site on those site and i found nothing.

Thank you.
 
You can use a browser fingerprinting javascript lib or some other method to distinguish real browsers from bots.
 
Use an analytics tool to analyze your website traffic. If they are bot hits, those should be listed as bot, Google bot, Yahoo bot, etc. The analytics should be able to differentiate the bot from human traffic, as the website access would leave an access foot print in which its useragent would clearly define that it is a bot or not, etc.
 
I uaw analytics tools, yes it can still be faked I know but gives you atleast a good idea.
 
drop anything without javascript, check for fishy useragents, check the screen size, check for mouse movements within a specific timeframe and while not 100% accurate you should be reasonably sure if your visitor is a human being or not
 
If they are really good at making bots, probably not much you can do. But most people don't know how to hide it well enough.

Check user-agents, IPs, screen size, fingerprint the entire browser and look for patterns and mouse movements
 
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