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Title: guests and new arrivals
Post by: harribobs on April 18, 2007, 02:26:56 PM
it's good to see new blood on the forum  

i notice the posts this month have rocketed as well but i thought this was interesting, 2.30pm on wednesday

19 guests, 3 members 0 anonymous members

19 guests!!
Title: guests and new arrivals
Post by: compage on April 18, 2007, 02:38:22 PM
A lot of them could be bots.
Title: guests and new arrivals
Post by: harribobs on April 18, 2007, 10:38:10 PM
true, but most bots are usually listed aren't they?
Title: guests and new arrivals
Post by: Peter&Dawn on April 19, 2007, 01:00:48 PM
Quote from: harribobs
true, but most bots are usually listed aren't they?


I can't keep up with all these acronyms so this may seem like a daft question but, what or who are 'bots'?
Title: guests and new arrivals
Post by: boxerlover on April 19, 2007, 01:21:35 PM
Quote from: Peter&Dawn
Quote from: harribobs
true, but most bots are usually listed aren't they?


I can't keep up with all these acronyms so this may seem like a daft question but, what or who are 'bots'?


My guess is that it is all us "farenders" laying on our tummies and getting our "bots" tanned      
Title: guests and new arrivals
Post by: Ploppy on April 19, 2007, 03:05:55 PM
Quote from: boxerlover
My guess is that it is all us "farenders" laying on our tummies and getting our "bots" tanned      

Close  

A bot (or spiderbot) is a software program employed by search engines to index pages.

Chris is right, I have added some stuff into the forum that should recognize them and list them. However this is based on a list of known bots. Time marches on and this list probably has a few holes in it now as new bots are put out there.

I'll see if I can find an updated list, but yep in the meantime many of the reported 'Guests' may well be bots.

In case anyone is interested, Google has come sniffing around a quarter of a million times!

Cheers,

Paul
Title: guests and new arrivals
Post by: harribobs on April 20, 2007, 11:55:24 AM
you see if you don't die of rabid global warming....the bots will get you