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Bing bot browsing the forum! 23:16, 6 March 2020.
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:18 pm
by Wheaters
Just noticed that the list of people browsing the forum is headed by Bing (bot). I don’t know how this has happened but maybe the site security needs some attention.
Re: Bing bot browsing the forum! 23:16, 6 March 2020.
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:29 pm
by Daiwiskers
We often seem to get Bing bot, Google bot, and some other bots, viewing the forum
Edit just noticed MSN bot is watching now
Re: Bing bot browsing the forum! 23:16, 6 March 2020.
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:07 am
by PeteF
That's not a problem. As I understand it Bots look at everything on the www. That's how you can search and find anything you want.
Re: Bing bot browsing the forum! 23:16, 6 March 2020.
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:27 am
by Wheaters
But until a few days ago I'd never seen this before. It certainly doesn't occur on the website I administer; at least it doesn't show up in the list of folks looking at it. TBH, my suspicion came after the spurious "spam" this site has been recently subjected to.
I posted the topic because I couldn't see a quicker way of reporting it but if the site owners are happy with it, that's fine by me.
