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Post by sally1974 Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:34 am

At the bottom of the screen it says 3 people online and 1 bot what is a bot?
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Post by KathyT Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:44 am

No idea, but it's gone now... Suspect
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Post by sally1974 Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:53 am

one for Sooz to answer then Laughing
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Post by ratface Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:01 am

It's an online 'robot' as such, not a real person - things like Google Bot etc are search bots that go onto websites to collect information - like what page link/info to display when someone searches for the forum on Google
You also get the more nasty things like spam bots, which join forums automatically and post spam messages (often dodgy herbal 'supplement' ads!)
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Post by sally1974 Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:09 am

ratface wrote:It's an online 'robot' as such, not a real person - things like Google Bot etc are search bots that go onto websites to collect information - like what page link/info to display when someone searches for the forum on Google
You also get the more nasty things like spam bots, which join forums automatically and post spam messages (often dodgy herbal 'supplement' ads!)
Oh I see Shocked thanks for explaining, couldn't work it out for the life of me Laughing Laughing
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Post by Catsknickers Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:55 pm

Yeah its just there to gather info for search engines.. They are nosey little so and so's aren't they! Very Happy
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Post by buddabun Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:53 am

isn't the little box with numbers/letters in it that you have to type out there to prevent spambots registering willy nilly?
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Post by Faunus Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:38 am

buddabun wrote:isn't the little box with numbers/letters in it that you have to type out there to prevent spambots registering willy nilly?

Yes, I think so, but like any solution it's a new challenge for the bad bots! Maybe they can now get around that or maybe a human registers then sets the robot to post?

I think the search engine bots will only look at the public part of the site (so not members lounge).
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Post by racheld69 Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:07 pm

what is a bot? there is one online now!
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