<Jon Haworth wrote> Does anyone know of a quick and easy way (i.e. not involving a comparison against a massive list of UAs) of telling whether a visitor is a bot or a human? </Jon>
Hi Jon; I don't know if this will help, but thought I would send it along just in case. - Spider Traps - Basic Concepts - ----------------------------- - Covering the basic concepts behind a modern spider trap, this guide - discusses the core components you require to create and operate a - spider trap through to the various techniques you can use to identify - crawler or spider traffic - such as User-Agent checks, IP address - checks and more advanced methods such as weighted results plus behavioural - quirks and analysis. - http://www.programmersheaven.com/d/click.aspx?ID=A8679 /Sol ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
