suggestion

[bosnia]

Hi,
my suggestion is that you put some kind of information on your pages here (maybe below top Menu?), that will encourage people to register since non-members - members ration is like 4-7 x 1 all the time ..

my :twocents:

 

[PVT-Jordan]

Most of the guests that you see in the who's online box are often times search bots, such as the GoogleBot and ones from other search engines.

 

[Blue]

Xcel is right.
Most forums that have moderate traffic and have been online for a while will often show more guests than registered users.

 

[bosnia]

Well uhmm, I kknow, but like 30+ bots all the time... nah ..

 

[Artashes]

Well uhmm, I kknow, but like 30+ bots all the time... nah ..

We've had hundreds at times of Google or Inktomi doing major re-indexes.

 

[bosnia]

We've had hundreds at times of Google or Inktomi doing major re-indexes.

Alrigth, how do you than explain that ratio at wht is about 1-2 x 1, same as at hho ..

 

[Blue]

The smaller the membership base the larger the ratio.

I have a forum with 60 members but the most ever online was 64.

It also has a lot to do with how high the time-out is set for the forum. If the time-out is set high it can show far more members online than actually are online.

 

[Artashes]

What Blue said is correct. It will also depend on how well the site is opimized for search engines. I know Jose has done a great job in that regard.

 

[ldcdc]

I know Jose has done a great job in that regard.

Yes he did! :thumbup:

 

[bosnia]

OK, ok ok.. anyways you can always check this with your statistics..
btw:
/whois Jose
/seen Jose

 

[PVT-Jordan]

His username/last name is Orioli

 

[Enrique]

Thanks Xcel_Hosting!

The archive script makes all forum URL's as search engine friendly so they can be easily indexed by most search engines.

http://www.hostingdiscussion.com/archive/index.php/

 

[artvision]

Thanks Xcel_Hosting!

The archive script makes all forum URL's as search engine friendly so they can be easily indexed by most search engines.

http://www.hostingdiscussion.com/archive/index.php/

Yes, it's really good work!
Do you know script like this about IPB?


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[artvision]

Ah, sorry! I found it!
... Google like always!