Well in that case couldnt you look for the robot in the useragent string? I know googlebot at least has a specific user agent you can look for. Im sure yahoo does too.
If you find that useragent, then dont create the client or session vars/objs. On 11/28/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 2:10 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: pseudo-memory leak > > > > I use them for a persisted signin when someone comes to the site. I can > > use > > a cookie instead but.... > > As for the issue, think beyond client vars into what is created when your > > site gets a 'hit'. If you have session vars, these are ramped up. If you > > use > > session objects, these are ramped up. My personal story used client vars, > > but this affects more than just that. > > Exactly. > > I had the same kind of problems with FirstNight.org sometimes. When the > user traffic was high letting a bot start to index the site would kill it. > Dead. > > We didn't use Client Variables on the site. (I "solved" the issue by > putting a restrictive robots.txt on the site for the busy times.) > > If Yahoo (or Google or whoever) hits your site even, say, 100 times an hour > that's a 100 extra sessions (or whatever) that are created and have to be > dealt with. If it's more aggressive (as its clear Yahoo has become) you're > looking at tens of thousands of extra "do nothing" user sessions. > > A lot of people load balance for expected user traffic... but really should > also consider load balancing for additional search engine traffic as well. > > Jim Davis > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:225452 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
