# Answers | Bot Traffic Index

Source: https://bottrafficindex.com/answers/

Direct answers to the questions readers ask most.

[What is bot traffic on an ecommerce site?](https://bottrafficindex.com/answers/what-is-bot-traffic.md)

Automated, non-human requests: scrapers copying catalog and pricing, inventory bots buying limited stock, and fake-engagement bots polluting analytics and ad audiences.

[How much bot traffic is normal for an online store?](https://bottrafficindex.com/answers/how-much-bot-traffic-normal.md)

Public reports put automated traffic near half of web requests overall, but store-level shares vary widely by product type. Measure your own with detection at the edge or in analytics.

[Do bots affect Google Analytics and ad performance?](https://bottrafficindex.com/answers/bots-skew-analytics.md)

Yes. Bot sessions inflate traffic, depress measured conversion rate, poison retargeting audiences, and can burn ad budget through fake clicks.

[How do you block bot traffic on a storefront?](https://bottrafficindex.com/answers/how-to-block-bots.md)

Behavioral detection at the network edge is the effective layer: score sessions on signals bots cannot cheaply fake, and block before requests reach the store. Rate limits and CAPTCHAs alone are not enough.

[Is all bot traffic bad for ecommerce?](https://bottrafficindex.com/answers/are-all-bots-bad.md)

No. Search crawlers and AI answer engines can drive discovery. The task is distinguishing beneficial automation from harmful automation - and now, deciding your policy on AI crawlers explicitly.