Case Study: Graphiq eliminates scraper-driven traffic spikes and saves engineering resources with Distil Networks

Graphiq Saves Resources & Improves SEO with Distil Networks

Graphiq, a data-driven digital publishing company with hundreds of millions of pages across multiple sites, was repeatedly targeted by scrapers, distributed botnets and random traffic spikes that stole content, degraded performance, increased infrastructure costs and pulled engineering away from product work. Their homegrown blocking system generated many false positives and required daily manual intervention, making the problem unsustainable for a small team.

Graphiq deployed Distil Networks’ Appliance in a redundant, multi-zone configuration and used aggressive blocking with JavaScript validation plus Distil’s Known Violators intelligence. The solution immediately stopped most scraping, smoothed traffic spikes, improved page load times and user experience, reduced operational overhead and allowed engineering to refocus on core product development.

Graphiq

Ivan Bercovich

Vice President of Engineering, Graphiq