um.... why are so many bots looking at one thread?!

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    scylla, Oct 26, 2009 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    Do they have a referrer set? Check your logs.
     
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  3. scylla

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    I've checked my awstats & webalizer and I have no idea what is making them look right at that thread... before that started they posted crap in user albums which are now disabled. As of right now that thread has 333 views... I'll compare how many it has in 24 hours from now.
     
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    If they are posting anything, they probably are just spam bots.
     
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    The thread on my forum with the most views is something about ligons or tigons *boggle* After months of being confused over it, I finally figured out that it was a matter of something as strange as GOOGLE IMAGES, as the image in the thread was hotlinked from images.google.com.

    NOTE: I did not check out your thread, as I'd need to log in, and that to me is simply NOT worth it...so I just gave my two bits blindly based on personal experience.
     
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    Yeah I made it register to view forums/topics and that finally got them to stop looking at it. No that thread has no images in it btw. :)
     
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    You are hurting yourself more then helping then! They likely are not effectign your bandwidth enough to warrant such a change, and when people search into your site and can't see what they want, they WILL hit the backbutton...

    Drat... guess I can't help then.
     
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    there we are, pretty new to VB after switching from mybb, there still are some areas that I want to protect from guests peering eyes though :)
     
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