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Post by Brian on May 31, 2021 23:00:47 GMT -8
Once in a while, search bots visit the message board en masse to index its content. What's occurred in the past 48 hours is unprecedented in the Montrose Peace Vigil message board's nearly 13-year history. I checked, and the bots from China were a common sight on ProBoards forums over the past week. The previous record of guests on this board in any 24-hour period was 668, set in November 2013. Here are the numbers of unique IP addresses counted over the previous 24 hours in April 2021: - Most guests: 2,538
- Fewest guests: 32
- Current reading: 1,086
There are 263 guests online right now. A half hour after I posted that, there were 1,403 guests currently online, as seen now on the bottom right of the homepage, a new record. The bots continued to flood the message board over the next several hours, setting another all-time record for most Users Online in the Last 24 Hours, which held throughout May: - Most guests: 4,200
- Fewest guests: 33
- Current reading: 87
On May 25, 30 and 31, the bots from China returned at a rate of around 2,200 to 2,500 per day. Otherwise, the most guests in a 24-hour period in May was 118, a little below the old average.
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Post by Brian on Jun 30, 2021 23:00:32 GMT -8
June 2021 marked the third month in a row that massive swarms of bots visited the Montrose Peace Vigil message board over a two-day period, as reflected in the peak number: - Most guests: 3,328
- Fewest guests: 41
- Current reading: 80
During the rest of the month, the most guests seen in one day was 152.
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Post by Brian on Jul 31, 2021 23:00:17 GMT -8
After three months marked by massive visitations by the search bots from China, it was back to business as usual in July 2021: - Most guests: 116
- Fewest guests: 34
- Current reading: 90
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Post by Brian on Aug 31, 2021 23:00:18 GMT -8
In August 2021, the message board had more guests in one day than any time since last November, except for the days with massive search bot visits in between: - Most guests: 191
- Fewest guests: 31
- Current reading: 60
At one point, 15 guests were online, 14 of them visiting the Montrose Peace Vigil Activities department. I ran searches of the IP addresses and only three were easily identifiable search bots, in this instance from Google and Bing. Other guests came from the U.K. (four total), Missouri (three), Virginia (two), New Jersey, Arizona -- and someone from La Crescenta with a Charter hook up.
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Post by Brian on Sept 30, 2021 23:00:17 GMT -8
After last month's impressive peak guest count, the stats for unique visitors in one 24-hour period in September 2021 are decidedly ho hum: - Most guests: 107
- Fewest guests: 25
- Current reading: 55
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Post by Brian on Oct 31, 2021 23:00:20 GMT -8
The peak number of daily guests with unique IP addresses in October 2021 was the lowest since February 2017: - Most guests: 65
- Fewest guests: 24
- Current reading: 38
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Post by Brian on Dec 1, 2021 0:00:22 GMT -8
November 2021's peak day was better than October's: - Most guests: 80
- Fewest guests: 23
- Current reading: 57
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Post by Brian on Jan 1, 2022 0:00:43 GMT -8
Starting December 23, the Montrose Peace Vigil message board has had no advertisements on its pages. Not coincidentally, that's also when the board had the fewest accumulated guests in one day that I can remember. The number of guests shown in Forum Information & Statistics on the bottom of the homepage previously included the IP addresses of the cookies that accompany humans reading the board to customize the ad spaces. Here are the stats for December 2021: - Most guests: 72
- Fewest guests: 17
- Current reading: 39
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Post by Brian on Feb 1, 2022 0:00:15 GMT -8
In January 2022 -- the first full month with no ads -- the Montrose Peace Vigil message board hit a new low in the number of accumulated guests over 24 hours: - Most guests: 69
- Fewest guests: 12
- Current reading: 36
Edited to add: The peak number of 69 was recorded on New Year's Day -- during the hours before my ad-free subscription started -- so some of the guests that day were ad bots. The rest of the month, the most guests accumulated in one day was 54.
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Post by Brian on Mar 1, 2022 0:00:22 GMT -8
With the ads gone this year, we're getting a better measure of the actual guests visiting the Montrose Peace Vigil message board. The daily readings in February 2022: - Most guests: 50
- Fewest guests: 15
- Current reading: 31
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