"Registered users: CodeZX, Google [Bot], Toadie, Yahoo [Bot] "
I've seen them before, like, down where it's showing who's online. And curiosity never settles well with me. What're those?
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The move has been completed successfully! Everything appears to have survived the move just fine, but if anyone finds a broken link or anything else that doesn't work as it should, please make a post in Away from the Woods to let me know, thank you.
RP News: ~November 19th 2015~ (Old RP News)
There is no current plot. The forests welcome new travelers within these lands.
Event Status: Not Active (each accepted character allowed to RP in multiple RP threads)
RP Season: Summer
This means everything is green, flowers are everywhere, and the shining sun creates a need for shady shelter on the warmest days.
Google and Yahoo Bots? (Al)
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Google and Yahoo Bots? (Al)
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Ourania Dreamchaser
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Re: Google and Yahoo Bots? (Al)
I dunno but there's spam in every forum today D:
Re: Google and Yahoo Bots? (Al)
Lol the bots are pretty harmless and can't post, the problem is I think that the spam from today is from an actual person. >>; laaaaaaaame
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Roose Hurro
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Re: Google and Yahoo Bots? (Al)
Yes, I was online when it happened, started about 3:15am, and involved near every forum section... a regular SpamFest. 
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Gaeva Winged Unicorn
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Re: Google and Yahoo Bots? (Al)
So I heard, I was far away from home when it happened. It was a "regular" poster though, yes. He's been banned now.
Anyway, to answer your original question, Toadie, those "bots" are just that, search engines (among others) scouring the interwebs to update their databases (Yahoo, Google...there's dozens and dozens more). phpBB groups them into these "usernames" to seperate them from spammers and the like, because these guys are harmless. ...that's the simple version anyway, there's probably more to it, lol.
EDIT: Here's the official description: “Bots”, “spiders” or “crawlers” are automated agents most commonly used by search engines to update their databases. Since they rarely make proper use of sessions they can distort visitor counts, increase load and sometimes fail to index sites correctly.
^_^
Anyway, to answer your original question, Toadie, those "bots" are just that, search engines (among others) scouring the interwebs to update their databases (Yahoo, Google...there's dozens and dozens more). phpBB groups them into these "usernames" to seperate them from spammers and the like, because these guys are harmless. ...that's the simple version anyway, there's probably more to it, lol.
EDIT: Here's the official description: “Bots”, “spiders” or “crawlers” are automated agents most commonly used by search engines to update their databases. Since they rarely make proper use of sessions they can distort visitor counts, increase load and sometimes fail to index sites correctly.
^_^
Re: Google and Yahoo Bots? (Al)
Way to go Miss Val for the info! I figured something of the sort. Cool beans.
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