Re: Redesigned Site

["Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

"G. Morgan" <usenet_abuse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:23:29 -0700, "Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>I have a number of different stats programs available to interpret the raw
>>stats log files through my cPanel.
>
> Yeah, mine has that too.  I've tried 3rd party stuff that resolves IP's
> and a
> few other bells and whistles -- but I really have no need for all that.
>
>>  On the forums though its easier than
>>that.  I have automatic "bot" accounts that show the spiders as logged on
>>whenever they are crawling them, and since I participate in the forums
>>myself everyday I can see they are logged on with the rest of the users
>>without even having to check the stats.
>
> How does the BOT get an account?

Knowing and recognizing the structure of most spiders the forum admin script
has an area to create bot accounts, and the latest version (of the one I am
using) comes preconfigured with accounts for the most well known
spiders/bots and automatically logons them on when they visit.  This also
helps with knowing how many hits are visitors and how many are bots.  Helps
to keep the stats straight as well, so it can show the actual number of
views on a thread instead of showing the views plus the number of times its
been crawled.  It's a very nice script.