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imk
10-30-2009, 10:06 PM
Ok so i have had like a big increase in geusts but all to a few forums and all within the last few days

are they bots?

look at the forum babes etc - www.manlystuff.com - CONTAINS ADULT IMAGES!
ChopSuey
10-30-2009, 10:20 PM
Probably bots, if they stay on the register page more than 5 minutes they're bots.
imk
10-30-2009, 10:27 PM
they've been on for a few days!

this good or bad?

do i need to do anything/

how long do they stay?
ChopSuey
10-30-2009, 10:35 PM
Its probably google trying to index your pages. No worries its all good. Maybe some old guy that enjoys lookin at your forum or something.
No need to do anything ;)
mastertek2000
10-30-2009, 10:45 PM
Its probably google trying to index your pages. No worries its all good. Maybe some old guy that enjoys lookin at your forum or something.
No need to do anything ;)

i also have that is there a way to stop them
imk
10-30-2009, 11:00 PM
surely you don't wanna stop them?
mastertek2000
10-30-2009, 11:10 PM
surely you don't wanna stop them?

y not i don't use adds to pay for the site all the user's pay for it
imk
10-30-2009, 11:19 PM
^they will get you indexd higher on google etc!

good thing?
Medtech
10-30-2009, 11:29 PM
i wish i had a couple million bots on mine, would have awesome hits...:D

you should be glad to have them.;)
TheLastSuperman
10-30-2009, 11:36 PM
i wish i had a couple million bots on mine, would have awesome hits...:D

you should be glad to have them.;)

No, you should be glad to have real members as not all bots are by google or msn and some attempt cookie stuffing on many sites etc. There's always more to it then simply brushing it under the rug ;)
imk
10-30-2009, 11:51 PM
can someone actually look at mine and see what they are please?
Medtech
10-30-2009, 11:54 PM
turn on who's online for guests for a few so we can see
mastertek2000
10-31-2009, 12:22 AM
but is there a way to stop them they hit my site all the time and don't mind just figured it's our place we should have the say who we want on our site
ChopSuey
10-31-2009, 07:13 AM
You can search their IP on Google to see if they are bots. Some are real people.
imk
10-31-2009, 07:53 AM
turn on who's online for guests for a few so we can see

DONE!


so what are they?
Medtech
10-31-2009, 11:43 AM
Most of hose are human visitors. if you want to stop most of that, hide thread views to guests in usergroup manager so guests have to login or register to see.
imk
10-31-2009, 02:26 PM
^they arn't showing on analytics?
ChopSuey
11-01-2009, 08:37 AM
They do show on Google Analytics. LOL