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Title: Bots or Humans?
Post by: lurkist on December 10, 2004, 07:11:12 PM

When reviewing Web Reports, is there any easy way to distinguish between bots and humans? e.g. Google Crawler is obviously a bot, but others are not so obvious.  I am getting 600 hits a week, but i suspect a large percentage of those are bots.

Title: Re: Bots or Humans?
Post by: cecilia on December 10, 2004, 08:10:34 PM

I'm still trying to distinguish between humans and religious right republicans. :-o

Title: Re: Bots or Humans?
Post by: klesterjr on December 10, 2004, 08:26:17 PM

@cecilia

--Editing myself--

Title: Re: Bots or Humans?
Post by: blobrana on December 10, 2004, 08:53:57 PM

Hum,
i give no quarter to quake bots.

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Apart from changing your counter or hiding WebPages from bot, you could try setting up a hidden link that humans can’t see
i.e. a small button that the same as the background hidden in the corner.
So that you know, only stupid bots would look there...

(Assuming that you can count individual page hits)

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Title: Re: Bots or Humans?
Post by: DoodooHead on December 10, 2004, 09:03:31 PM

@cecilia

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I'm still trying to distinguish between humans and religious right republicans.

That's easy to do, humans have compassion the other ones don't.