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  • March 27, 2015 at 8:11 pm #1038
    mercuryman
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      Why are bots listed as registered users ? Bing bot – Google bot

      March 27, 2015 at 8:20 pm #12873
      phil-b
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        https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=7039585

        says:

        They are not users, those are default accounts for the search engine spider bots, you can set up accounts for these to control them with forum permissions as will as optimising indexing of your board.

        I for one welcome the aliens: it means the club’s collected wisdom will be visible via search engine, and may bring in new members

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