Hi all,
I noticed down at the bottom of the index page or the forum page that two registered users were online: Bing (bot) and Yahoo (bot). There was a third one that I can't remember and isn't there now. What are these and why are they "registered users"? Just curious.
Carol
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Re: bots
Hi Carol,
I believe (but Andrew will correct me if I'm wrong) that these are the search bots that we give permission to access the site and index it, so that people will find us via an internet search. Many new members have found us via a search, so it seems to be doing a good job!
Best wishes,
Sarah
I believe (but Andrew will correct me if I'm wrong) that these are the search bots that we give permission to access the site and index it, so that people will find us via an internet search. Many new members have found us via a search, so it seems to be doing a good job!
Best wishes,
Sarah
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Re: bots
Okay. There is so much stuff going on online these days that I wasn't sure what these things were!
Carol
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Re: bots
Hi Carol,
Sarah has pretty well summed up the presence of the Bots. On the occasion that we install a new version of the forum software, phpBB, it automatically adds the Bots to the membership list - they are not of our choosing. However, if we deleted them from the membership, they would still be able to access the forum, but we wouldn't know that they were there. There presence on the membership list lets us know when they are around.
All the best,
AndrewP
Sarah has pretty well summed up the presence of the Bots. On the occasion that we install a new version of the forum software, phpBB, it automatically adds the Bots to the membership list - they are not of our choosing. However, if we deleted them from the membership, they would still be able to access the forum, but we wouldn't know that they were there. There presence on the membership list lets us know when they are around.
All the best,
AndrewP