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Post subject: Actual "views" or "bots"?
 Posted: Jul 23, 2008 - 06:01 PM
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Location: I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.--Abraham Lincoln
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When the number of views are listed on the page of threads, do they represent actual people clicking and reading the posts or are there bots strolling through that also trigger the "view" number?
Does anyone know for sure?
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Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 01:04 AM
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| MSN, Google and other seach engines do have bots that sweep through here but as to whether they artificially increase the view count is probably negligible. It's probably more of the lurkers who read the threads. |
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Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 02:00 AM
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It's definitely the lurkers... we love to lurk... and then strike when you least expect us to!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!
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Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 02:08 AM
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OK, Lurk away! I sometimes post something and then make a log of how many times it is viewed. Even when it goes off the front page, the view numbers sometime increase. That is what made me wonder about it.
See there? Some of us are lurking the lurkers!
MUHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!! back at ya!  |
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