What's Going On?

[SHANIANUTS!]

Looking at What's Going On? on main forum page shows:

What's Going On? Currently Active Users (http://online.php?): 111 (9 members and 102 guests) Most users ever online was 559, 12-13-2004 at 4:25pm.
SHANIANUTS! (http://member.php?u=1739)*, Annette (http://member.php?u=1357)+, jgb 15 (http://member.php?u=3576), matty (http://member.php?u=4606), nds76 (http://member.php?u=943), Royboy (http://member.php?u=6350), Stephanie66 (http://member.php?u=4891), UllaCountryGal (http://member.php?u=5270)

...but when you go to Who's Online all the guests disappear...what is UP!?

10 members and 0 guests
Most users ever online was 559, 12-13-2004 at 4:25pm.
Last Activity (http://online.php?&order=desc&sort=time&pp=50&page=1&who=&ua=) User Name (http://online.php?&order=asc&sort=username&pp=50&page=1&who=&ua=) Location (http://online.php?&order=asc&sort=location&pp=50&page=1&who=&ua=)
4:16pm Annette (http://member.php?u=1357)+ Viewing Who's Online

4:03pm jgb 15 (http://member.php?u=3576) Viewing Index
The Shania Forums (http://index.php?)

4:08pm matty (http://member.php?u=4606) Viewing Index
The Shania Forums (http://index.php?)

4:12pm nds76 (http://member.php?u=943) Viewing Index
The Shania Forums (http://index.php?)

4:16pm randine (http://member.php?u=6180) Viewing Forum
Chain Games (http://forumdisplay.php?f=42)

4:06pm Royboy (http://member.php?u=6350) Viewing Forum
Shania Twain Picture Board (http://forumdisplay.php?f=28)

4:15pm SHANIANUTS! (http://member.php?u=1739)* Viewing Index
The Shania Forums (http://index.php?)

4:02pm Stephanie66 (http://member.php?u=4891) Viewing Thread
Info about the 'Live In Geneva' DVD (http://showthread.php?t=35577)

4:10pm UllaCountryGal (http://member.php?u=5270) Viewing Index
The Shania Forums (http://index.php?)




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[Annette]

:shocked: I don't know... just saw it myself.

[matty]

Yeah I noticed that. I looked on the user list and I could tell something was missing but I couldn't tell what :funny: But now I've realised :p

[Annette]

omg! Matty! your avatar is hillarious!:funny:

[Troll]

That is interesting.

[aFinn]

I'm testing some stuff at the moment. It doesn't matter anyways, as most of the guests are search engine spiders indexing the database, going around randomly in different links.

[SHANIANUTS!]

I'm testing some stuff at the moment. It doesn't matter anyways, as most of the guests are search engine spiders indexing the database, going around randomly in different links.What is a search engine spider?

Does this mean this statement on the main page of the forums...

Most users ever online was 559, 12-13-2004 at 4:25pm.

....is really reflective of just many search engine spiders?

[nds76]

Fascinating...the spidering factor seems to be a logical conclusion of the increased amount of guests....

David

[Troll]

Fascinating...the spidering factor seems to be a logical conclusion of the increased amount of guests....

David

That is possible.

[FinnFreak]

What is a search engine spider?

Does this mean this statement on the main page of the forums...

Most users ever online was 559, 12-13-2004 at 4:25pm.

....is really reflective of just many search engine spiders?

This has been mentioned before, but here it goes again:

Whenever a person does a search on the net using Google, Yahoo!, AllTheWeb, etc. and results with hits pointing to posts in the ShaniaForums - it's because those search engine sites have used a "spider" (application) to index certain character patterns... like on Google: search with "shania petition" - result: 3 hits out of the first 10 point here.

Hard to tell afterwards how many were actual guests & how many were just a search engine... sometimes I've noticed up to 80% of guests being spiders...


John - :)

[Troll]

Thanks for the explanation John.

[Shaniabomber99]

Thanks Jussie

Carley

[canoilers]

I just seen that today........ man thats just too weird. Thats just weird too, specially considering we were talking about seeing what non-members where looking at.

[FinnFreak]

I guess those search engine sites have seen many topics on Shania being searched on the net, so it makes sense for them to index the Forums contents for their clients...


John - :smirk:

[canoilers]

Would that kinda be like one-stop shopping.