search engine bots
 

Hi guys,

Im not exactly sure what Im looking for or if I even need to look for something. On other forums, I have seen search engine bots mixed in with the other members on the whois online list. For example, Ask Jeeves shows up. Is this a feature that is built into vBulletin or is it some sort of mod? I dont really care if im able to track the bots, I would just like them to show up when they are online.

Thanks in advance.

It's a modification. Do a search on "spider*" in "all mods" "titles only" and you should find a few mods for this.

Lynne,

Thanks for your help! I took your advice and searched for mods, I was able to only find 1 that said it works for 3.8.x (i have 3.8.2). https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ghlight=spider . I dont think this will work for what I want tho, this looks like a way to change the permissions.


I found one that looks like it is what I want, but it is for 3.7.x and in the graveyard. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ghlight=spider


Lastly, I was looking at my settings and I found vBulletin Options > Who's Online Options >Enable Spider Display > Yes. Will this do what I want to do?


Thanks again for your time.

The option you found is for the online.php page, not the list of users on the forumhome page.

When you do the search, you need to do it for "spider*" not "spider". The * is a wildcard and will give you "spider" and "spiders" in the results. I use this mod - Spiders on ForumHome [NO FILE EDIT]