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6/25/2026
What actually visits a self-hosted website in 2026? Humans, AI crawlers, and 6,400 automated attacks

What actually visits a self-hosted website in 2026? Humans, AI crawlers, and 6,400 automated attacks

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A self-hosted Raspberry Pi website received 4,523 human visits but over 6,400 automated attacks probing for vulnerabilities like .env files and WordPress panels. Machine traffic now consistently exceeds human traffic. The author raises important questions about whether AI crawlers are tracked separately from traditional search engines and whether they prioritize semantic structure over page content.

  • •Self-hosted site logs 4,523 human visits but 6,400+ automated attacks
  • •Automated traffic exceeds human traffic, mostly scanning for common vulnerabilities
  • •Questions raised about AI crawler tracking and semantic indexing priorities

Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.

#ai-tools#ai-agents#industry-adoption
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