Was it a hoax

[tm4tj]

Rumour has it he has not resigned, it was just a ploy by the website to get new members to join :023:

[Scotty]

if thats true ... it worked ...... 32 new members, numerous old faces returning (who may hopefully stick around for a while) and 50,000 hits in just the forum all in the last two days. Also 900 new posts and nearly 150 people on the site at any one time - I cant feckin keep up !

[CELTIC1CALEY3]

Would  it not be funny if Scotty could program the site to allow established viewers the chance to see who the guests were - or which newspapers or agents they are or represent. Any quick look up tables?

Chick Young.....Charlie Bannerman....are you out there?

[SMEE]

Whats the normal traffic figures Scotty?

[tm4tj]

Scotty, is that old faces or old faeces :toilet01:

Yes I noticed a lot of new posters, and anyway I needed some relief from the stress of the main page.

[Scotty]

Would  it not be funny if Scotty could program the site to allow established viewers the chance to see who the guests were - or which newspapers or agents they are or represent. Any quick look up tables?

Guests are anonymous, even to us. We can see their IP addresses so could track them that way, but its not worth the bother .....

Whats the normal traffic figures Scotty?

Around 10K for the forum plus another 3k for the main site (stories etc). I figure we have had nearly 3 times our normal traffic. You can all see the forum stats by going to the front page of the forum and scrolling to the bottom to the 'info centre'. click on the little pie chart next to the forum stats heading and a new window opens up showing the stats. each month can be expanded to show daily stats.

[Kingsmills]

It's an ill wind as they say.

[CaleyD]

Even ignoring the last couple of days where the hits have increased significantly the overall average between the start of this season and the start of last is up by 50 to 70%.

If this continues we may be pushing the 5 million mark for site hits over the next 12 months.

Great news for the site...bad news for our bank balance  :015:

[Mrs Pauliebee]

Can I ask an anorak type question please, y'know when you view a topic, at the top it lists the members who are viewing it, then "guests", then sometimes it says "1 hidden" - who are the hidden people?  Why are they allowed to play hide and seek with us?  :015:

[Action Man]

The "1 hidden" is Brewster seeing if it is safe to show his face back in Inverness!

[Scotty]

Hidden is an option available to Admin / Mods - just means they dont appear on the userlist for the topic. no real function other than that. prefer Action Man's response though  :015:

[CaleyD]

Aye, perks of the job...admin/mods can surf without their ICT supporting bosses catching them as they too skive off to view the site  :015:

[Mrs Pauliebee]

Ahhhhhhh............so when all us wifies were talking about Make-up Tips, Showbiz Gossip and Handbags...the "1 hidden" was Don having a peep!

It all makes sense now!  :blah01:

[Guest TinCanFan]

What does it mean when it says "Google Spider" is viewing a page? 

[CaleyD]

Means it's the maids day off.

[Alex MacLeod]

Means your computer has been invaded by a cyber spider

[CaleyD]

In summary (before everyone starts thinking of them as viruses), they are the means by which search engines collect information on the content of websites.