If you look at the referrer string of each request, if it has a query on it, like a Google search, then it's probably a person.
Also, the user agent strings of bots tend to identify themselves as bots. On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Piotrowski, Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the organizations I volunteer for get "hit counts" from Go Daddy > for its website (www.rutlandhistory.com <http://www.rutlandhistory.com/> > ). > > We are getting about 20,000 hits a month. > > How many of these hits can I believe to be searchers, rather than > spiders, etc? > > Is there any way to tell? > > > > Thanks for the help! > > > > Chuck Piotrowski > > Information Asset Management Program > > CVPS > > www.cvps.com <http://www.cvps.com/> > > This computer runs on Cow Power! > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
