On line

Post by **Nigel(no top)Sykes** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:37

There's four of us here at the moment - is that 'cos it's Sunday ?

Iron Pyrites · Post by **Iron Pyrites** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:44

Just back from Church!

Post by **Doug G** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 16:19

I never log out.

Post by **Nigel(no top)Sykes** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 19:33

Ther was four of us then - there's only me now.... But the record is 54 on-line at one time ! That must have been one busy evening

Iron Pyrites · Post by **Iron Pyrites** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 20:11

(. )(. )

( .)( .)

only me?

Iron Pyrites · Post by **Iron Pyrites** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 20:13

( . )( . )

and...

__/\_____\o/____SHARK!!!

Post by **Dean** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 21:53

Doug G wrote:I never log out.

From Church?
Dean

Post by **Dean** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 22:21

The users online function only shows those who have been active in the last 5 minutes. If you stay logged in, leaving the forum open on your PC, then do nothing, after 5 minutes you will disappear from the online list.
Search engine bots are also counted in the users online total. There can be several of these on at any one time.
Dean

carrie · Post by **carrie** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:49

Several...sometimes there are more of those on than real forumites.

Post by **Nigel(no top)Sykes** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 20:43

oooh yes I'm outnumbered two to one at the moment

PJ · Post by PJ » Mon Aug 25, 2008 21:42

'scuse me for being thick

- but what's a search engine bot? I can see, from the bottom of the screen, that it's Yahoo at the moment, but what's it all about?

PJ

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:24

Its how the search engines, like Google and Yahoo get their information, the 'bots are computers running a sort of web browser that roams the internet clicking on every link they can find and cataloging what they see. For some reason the Yahoo ones in particular hunt in packs, often these forums get hit by 30 or 40 bots (which look like users) at once.

Tim

Post by **Dean** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:47

Tim wrote:Its how the search engines, like Google and Yahoo get their information, the 'bots are computers running a sort of web browser that roams the internet clicking on every link they can find and cataloging what they see. For some reason the Yahoo ones in particular hunt in packs, often these forums get hit by 30 or 40 bots (which look like users) at once.

Tim

.....and they can be a pain in the a*** when they eat your monthly bandwidth allowance in a single sitting!
Dean

PJ · Post by PJ » Tue Aug 26, 2008 16:44

Thanks, Tim/Dean

PJ

Post by **Nigel(no top)Sykes** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 19:19

a bit like a plague of locusts then eh?