stephen
03-23-2005, 01:45 AM
Okee-Dokeee! Ya'll remember that little episode with a "user" registering, and their profile had a link to a pornographic web site? Well this user wasnt human: it seems there are "Robotic Programs" out there that cruise around and check out forums like ours. There sole purpose is to find a site that does not require Registration Confirmation, and create a user with a link to the site they are trying to promote.
Now you ask, what good does that do? Its all about $. You see, 'Google' has what is called Google-bot, and Google Crawler. Google-bot surfs all over the web checking out sites to see if they are valid, and registering hits (visits). Google-crawler goes into sites that are valid and registering hits, and crawls all through them and see's what is going on. It also takes inventory as to what links are posted in a particualr forum, and then awards the "linked" site with a higher ranking. This means the "linked" site can charge its advertizers more money, cause it counts as a hit (visit). That stinks.
Now, phpbb has Registration Confirmation, which basically eliminates these robotic intruders. this means I am going to have to enable this feature on the forum here, to eliminate this type of intrusion from recurring.
Now, the hard part: All users here at the GPAWF!! must verify that there email is accurate and valid, and you know your password, cause once I enable this feature, we will ALL have to confirm our registration via the email we have listed in our profiles!
So everyone must go and confirm that their email address is a good one, and you use it. If it aint no good, get a good one on there now! I'm going to give everyone a week to make sure they have everything in order, before I push the button.
I wish I didnt have to take these kinda steps, but there are some sick indivuduals out there, promoting some really sick stuff. And I wanna do my best to keep them from intruding in this fellowship we are having. This aint the place for it.
Now you ask, what good does that do? Its all about $. You see, 'Google' has what is called Google-bot, and Google Crawler. Google-bot surfs all over the web checking out sites to see if they are valid, and registering hits (visits). Google-crawler goes into sites that are valid and registering hits, and crawls all through them and see's what is going on. It also takes inventory as to what links are posted in a particualr forum, and then awards the "linked" site with a higher ranking. This means the "linked" site can charge its advertizers more money, cause it counts as a hit (visit). That stinks.
Now, phpbb has Registration Confirmation, which basically eliminates these robotic intruders. this means I am going to have to enable this feature on the forum here, to eliminate this type of intrusion from recurring.
Now, the hard part: All users here at the GPAWF!! must verify that there email is accurate and valid, and you know your password, cause once I enable this feature, we will ALL have to confirm our registration via the email we have listed in our profiles!
So everyone must go and confirm that their email address is a good one, and you use it. If it aint no good, get a good one on there now! I'm going to give everyone a week to make sure they have everything in order, before I push the button.
I wish I didnt have to take these kinda steps, but there are some sick indivuduals out there, promoting some really sick stuff. And I wanna do my best to keep them from intruding in this fellowship we are having. This aint the place for it.