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Bots?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 11:03 am
by Leisher
About an hour ago in the Registered Users list the following were listed as being logged in: Google [bot] and Yahoo [bot].
What's that about?
Re: Bots?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 11:05 am
by GORDON
I'm not sure. There's a section in the Admin control panel about bots and I think blocking them, but I didn't look into it very much. If Catt doesn't know offhand, it may be something to google about.
Re: Bots?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:48 pm
by Malcolm
So the board can ID them but not stop them? Does that last bit cost extra?
Re: Bots?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:50 pm
by TPRJones
It may be that there's default read-only accounts for bots to use to scan the public boards using the "unread" page. It means less scanning to get any new posts cataloged for search, which saves bandwidth. If phpBB is popular enough that might be a thing the search companies would go along with and code for.