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Bot hits are really sucking up my add free credits !
« on: November 30, 2013, 05:48:24 am »
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The forum is really getting hit lately with a lot of spider/bot hits that are sucking up my add free credits...

Is there anything that can be done to reduce those ?
« Last Edit: November 30, 2013, 07:02:43 am by taogem »

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Re: Bot hits are really sucking up my add free credits !
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2013, 11:49:18 am »
Depends on the bot? Do you know if it is a search engine?
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Re: Bot hits are really sucking up my add free credits !
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2013, 02:23:11 pm »
Not entirely sure what I am looking at..

This one seems to be causing the most hits  5.10.83.24

Address info for that IP http://www.ip-who-is.com/locate-ip/5.10.83.24


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Re: Bot hits are really sucking up my add free credits !
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2013, 06:31:55 am »
So any suggestions.. ?

Still seeing several thousand visitors/bots at any given time..

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Re: Bot hits are really sucking up my add free credits !
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2013, 11:56:21 am »
Bots would only take up 15 a day at the most..Thats not too big to worry about..

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Re: Bot hits are really sucking up my add free credits !
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2013, 12:04:14 pm »
The only bots I can block are search engines since they identify themselves which I belive I am doing already.
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Re: Bot hits are really sucking up my add free credits !
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2013, 12:08:56 pm »
Yeah, but not having ads is what really improves the look of your site and also helps SMF with its costs so it can provide all this neat stuff we get. Amazing!

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Re: Bot hits are really sucking up my add free credits !
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2013, 01:36:35 pm »
Yeah, but not having ads is what really improves the look of your site and also helps SMF with its costs so it can provide all this neat stuff we get. Amazing!

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