guests and new arrivals

[harribobs]

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!!

[compage]

A lot of them could be bots.

[harribobs]

true, but most bots are usually listed aren't they?

[Peter&Dawn]

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'?

[boxerlover]

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      

[Ploppy]

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

[harribobs]

you see if you don't die of rabid global warming....the bots will get you