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gmarik
06-05-2003, 03:35 PM
For example this robot is shown as guest:
Guest Registering... 06:44 PM 195.96.183.2

He's registering almost every day and guess what did I found out? It's a ROBOT! A search engine robot, that scans my board. Is there any way to recognize him as a robot?

Marco, WebMaxtor.com :beard:
filburt1
06-05-2003, 05:05 PM
His IP address, among other things. It's not hurting anything, but if it's a problem, ban him via a .htaccess file.
gmarik
06-06-2003, 05:29 AM
Filburt, a lot of robots come every day.
Do I have to ban all of them? It's no good solution, I think.
filburt1
06-06-2003, 12:02 PM
It's a very bad idea to do that. You'll block search engine bots, and your site won't get listed on search engines.
gmarik
06-07-2003, 05:29 AM
That's why I want to them BE RECOGNZED, not banned. They're no guest also ... :o)