2009-04-26, 10:37 PM
2009-04-26, 10:46 PM
I would say no, due to the fact that they have guest permissions, but I'm not 100% sure.
2009-04-27, 03:47 AM
I believe bots do increment thread views, yes.
2009-04-27, 10:15 AM
Thread views aren't exactly science either way - everytime you yourself reload or go to the next page or write a reply or do whatever, this is counted as an extra view too. A thread with 100 views doesn't mean that 100 people actually read it, it could just as well be done by just one person.
It's still useful as a rough measure as to how popular a thread is compared to others, but if you want a more accurate counter, you'll have to implement it way differently, e.g. allow unique users to increment a counter only once every 24 hours or something like that. Not sure if it's worth the effort for thread counters though.
It's still useful as a rough measure as to how popular a thread is compared to others, but if you want a more accurate counter, you'll have to implement it way differently, e.g. allow unique users to increment a counter only once every 24 hours or something like that. Not sure if it's worth the effort for thread counters though.