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Bots on the forum
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 19 8:48 pm
by morgan
Popular tonight...
Bing and Google checking us out...
Re: Bots on the forum
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 19 10:50 pm
by autofetish
Ever wonder how search engines know about the content of a site? They use a Web crawler also known as a bot or spider. phpBB (the forum software) comes pre-loaded with configuration for the most common spiders, such as Google [Bot] and Bing [Bot]. When they are visiting they'll show up as Registered Users who are browsing the forum.
Re: Bots on the forum
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 19 7:00 am
by cadboy
when I am on here....................it's empty

Re: Bots on the forum
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 19 2:44 pm
by Dave999
thank you see more of that these days as the front page, open to all, is more closely coupled with the backend of the messagboard
Re: Bots on the forum
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 19 7:28 am
by MattH
Had me worried there, back to the days when you could register without joining first, and we'd get 40 robot new members every day which we had to delete. That doesnt happen now as all forum access is set up manually.