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[ilovedmymantas]

I've noticed since before christmas something strange with the viewing figures.

I know the site is open to everyone but the figures seem unfeasibly high. I check in two or three times a day and they're jumping by hundreds and once over a thousand in a three hour period. I've searched for viruses and can't find any.
Am I the only one?

[Robsey]

I am sure it is probably a software issue.

Being an admin, I see an awful lot of new subscribers.
90% never post... and almost as many never come back.

I do a purge of non-posters every 12 months to keep things tidy.

I once deleted James' wife's account... oops.
I am sure Lizzie doesn't harbour any bad feelings about it.

The forum firmware / software is a few years out of date, which probably doesn't help.

[3cav3]

I've too been noticing that. Over Christmas views were going up virtually by the second. I guess though if the site gets a high number of views, then in turn it should come higher up the search results on Google, making it easier for people to find us.

[Robsey]

It is odd how the viewer count has me plus 9 guests on this thread, but only 1 guest on each of the other 'recent' posts.

I see the [bots] do not count as guests.
They are counted separately.

After typing this it now says 13 guests....
..... and back down to 9.

[ilovedmymantas]

Now that I know it's not just me and it's unlikely to be a virus I'll get used to it - eventually lol.