James Newton, Host wrote:
>>> BTW: So far this month, the site is averaging 68,641 hits per day, 
>>> which is up 37%. Good thing I have google as my hosting 
>> bill will be higher again.
>>
>> How many of those are bots?
> 
> Last month, 549,501 hits were from bots (all search, I block everything
> else) so about 18,000 per day leaving 50,641 as "real" hits. 

That's a 10:1 ratio of bots to people.  Interesting.

Read all the way through all the posts and replies, sounds like we all 
fight the same battles with this type of thing when running public servers.

Good stuff, thanks for the comments James.

Nate
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