Case Study: Hibu achieves elimination of bad bots, improved site performance and £300K annual savings with Distil Networks

Hibu Replaces Sentor ScrapeSentry with Distil Networks to Block Bots, Improve Site Performance and Protect Customers from Spam

Hibu, a multinational directories and internet services company (formerly Yell), faced escalating web-scraping attacks on Yell.com that stole customer contact data, flooded clients with spam and sales calls, and caused server strain, brownouts and manual, ineffective mitigation with Sentor ScrapeSentry.

Hibu deployed Distil Networks’ Cloud CDN, which sits outside their infrastructure to filter traffic; implementation took five days and immediately cut server requests by about 30%. Distil eliminated bad-bot traffic, slashed spam and fake registrations, freed the operations team for higher-value work, enabled growth without extra spend, and delivered annual savings of roughly GBP 300K.

Hibu

Tudor James

Global Integration Manager