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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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4/28/2009 12:25:33 AM
169,354 seems a big jump!
Yesterday it was under 10,000-is this an attack of Bots or for real ???
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Richard Scotti
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4/28/2009 12:28:15 AM
The highest I've ever seen it is 70,000. The 169,000 number must be an error of some kind.
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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4/28/2009 12:59:44 AM
5891----back to reality!----------- sigh
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Kevin White
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4/28/2009 1:36:13 AM
---- Updated 4/28/2009 2:11:56 AM
Net Bots ... is all. They're viral when they breach the wall. They mostly are searching for MP3s, so a site like this one is peculiarly vulnerable to their search.
What's impressive, and should be appreciated thoroughly, is how fast IAC tech support eradicates them ...
They're nasty little buggers and they all come at the site in a different way, so knocking them back as quickly as support here does is true artistry in and of itself.
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Conversation Suicide
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4/28/2009 12:58:07 PM
---- Updated 5/2/2009 6:53:54 AM
hmmmm.... I'm pretty happy 'cause RIGHT ABOUT NOW It's at almost 186,000 concurrent connections.... Hopefully it'll steadily grow again.... and THIS means MAYBE we'll eventually get past 200,000 on a regular basis?
It is GOOD to dream.... Don't speak of internet BOTS this looks REAL.
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Tony Vani and Debbie Hoskin
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5/2/2009 1:32:24 PM
What the heck is "bots?"
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Richard Scotti
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5/2/2009 2:16:10 PM
---- Updated 5/2/2009 2:28:04 PM
Today it says 247,860. Is that for real?
A "bot" is short for "robot" computer system that is programmed to search the internet for designated websites and can be activated to simulate large numbers of fake "users". It makes it look like high website traffic that isn't actually there. It's a form of computer hacking.
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Kevin White
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5/2/2009 2:44:11 PM
Rich has it right, Deb.
Another name for them is web crawlers ... and they're constant. Ever wonder how Google can find what you want so quickly? Hint: Web crawlers.
If Google waited to look until you made the request, then instead of a response returning in .14639 seconds, it might take 14.639 days.
They're programmed to search out everything on the web, find it, log it, and bring back the information to be stored up to the time the request is made by someone somewhere.
But Google is only one kind of crawler ...
There are crawlers, sent by spam companies, that seek out email addresses posted on the web, which is sometimes how you and I wind up w/ spam. There are form bots that fill out forms automatically and send spam to you via the form. This is why captchas ... (you know those wavy letter pictures you have to input on certain sites?) are required ... to stop the form bots ... they can't read images well, so that's what stops them from filling and sending the form.
The type interested in IAC are most likely seeking MP3 link addresses ... and IAC is LOADED with them. They're insidious, and once they breach (find a way around the site's protection) a way into a site, they get viral (why the number jumps fast) on the site until the programming hole (the breach they got through) is plugged.
So no, IAC didn't suddenly get amazing listenership, it's bots.
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Tony Vani and Debbie Hoskin
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5/2/2009 3:13:56 PM
Thanks for the explaination. That's very interesting............
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Jeff Allen Myers
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5/2/2009 5:12:06 PM
Time to plug the hole, that number is ridiculous...
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The Man With No Band
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5/2/2009 6:49:53 PM
Damn .... I guess I should close some of these browser windows ....
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Bam Singh
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5/2/2009 7:06:54 PM
There is no influx of bots. The increased activity is due to some new IAC site-partners and/or joint venturers, which will be announced publicly in the next several days, along with many new, tangible, free benefits to IAC members provided by these partner sites.
Note that upon a general site reset, the number will always go to zero as all connections are terminated; but now, the number will quickly reattain higher values.
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Kevin White
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5/2/2009 8:51:38 PM
Okay ... then I take that back. The jumps have always previously been bots.
I guess IAC did get an amazing jump in listeners!
:)
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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5/3/2009 1:31:36 AM
all interesting---!
Bam --this sounds like a move in the right direction---hope it can be sustained!
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Richard Scotti
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5/3/2009 2:38:47 AM
Change is good. Perhaps the Golden Kayak Awards can be reinstated someday.
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Bam Singh
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5/3/2009 5:54:29 PM
Yes, part of this week's upcoming announcements has to do with a new, even more comprehensive contest, including most genres individually plus some additional categories, with significant prizes in addition to the considerable honor of winning.
There will an email to the membership, a posting on the Pipeline, and several special informational pages. Look for all this midweek.
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Richard Scotti
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5/3/2009 6:55:48 PM
That's great news!
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Conversation Suicide
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5/3/2009 7:59:14 PM
Thanks for the GOOD news Bam; I chime in with everybody else on that one.
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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5/3/2009 9:50:01 PM
----I agree 100%---with Larree!
--was beginning to think previous GK winners ----were losers
---sincerely!
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Kevin White
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5/5/2009 12:09:51 AM
Will there be a throw a ping pong ball into multiple small glasses of water contest?
I'm very good at that! It's harder than it seems ...
I'll rule you all!!! I'm #1 I'm #1
lol ...
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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5/5/2009 1:18:02 AM
ping--pong?-----pls elaborate heh?
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