Spam vs. page hits

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  sewayoleme · Member · Aug 25, 2007 at 2:20 am

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  My understanding is that the spam caught by Akismet are NOT counted among page hits, is that correct?

  I’m suddenly getting a lot of page hits per day (today it was 130, a new high), but I also got 103 spam messages. I’m just hoping I don’t have to mentally adjust my numbers downward….

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 25, 2007 at 2:33 am

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  I believe you’re correct; staff have said that they don’t count bots and spiders, and most spam is automated, so they wouldn’t count that. They would count manual spammers, though.

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  engtech · Member · Aug 25, 2007 at 4:58 am

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  That’s a scary thought. If I turn on all my comment pages I get something like 3000 spam a day.

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  sampheap · Member · Aug 25, 2007 at 2:34 pm

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  That why now my count is trusted ;)
  Cheer!

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