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Chat => General => Topic started by: kevvosa on March 03, 2007, 08:07:57 pm

Title: Bizarre new forum stuff
Post by: kevvosa on March 03, 2007, 08:07:57 pm

 
 
 
 
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Title: Bizarre new forum stuff
Post by: kevvosa on March 03, 2007, 08:08:27 pm
I don't understand how a search robot can write a reply?
Title: Bizarre new forum stuff
Post by: Velvet Darkness on March 04, 2007, 02:49:47 am

This place is wierd.


It's gonna take some getting used to.


It just posted one of my posts about 8 times, a new one for every word of the last line I typed.


Very bizarre.


On the up side I got an edit and a delete button so I could take care of it, but even so.  Very strange.

Title: Bizarre new forum stuff
Post by: smurfboy on March 04, 2007, 02:02:52 pm
Search robots regularly 'view' forums. Nothing odd about it.
Title: Bizarre new forum stuff
Post by: kevvosa on March 04, 2007, 05:54:09 pm
Yes but writing replies?
Title: Bizarre new forum stuff
Post by: smurfboy on March 04, 2007, 08:41:51 pm
Hmm, never seen that one before I must admit LOL
Title: Bizarre new forum stuff
Post by: chocadmin on March 04, 2007, 09:18:15 pm
I guess the 'bot visited the Post Reply link from the topic in question. That would trigger the forum system to believe a reply was being written even though the bot wasn't capable of submitting the form.
It could take a week or two for the 'bots to get my message about not indexing the forum.
Title: Bizarre new forum stuff
Post by: oldspice on March 05, 2007, 07:01:07 am

Do search robots kick in if someone Googles a word such as 'chocolate' or 'Aero' or are they commercially linked to find opportunities for advertisers?