Post by Admin on Apr 30, 2014 9:10:55 GMT -5
Suddenly, the Guest Visits and Page Views skyrocketed on the Forum. I contacted Tech Support about this as I was contacted by others regarding this, specifically with concern about "hacking".
Here is the response:
It could be searchbots, or a link has been posted to the forum on another site which gets high volumes of traffic and they have clicked through, or perhaps one person is viewing with a non static ip and it changes every pageview.
Do you allow guests to post without registering?
Regardless of what an ISP does, they do not have access to your information on ProBoards. As far as hacking goes, that's very, very unlikely with the protections ProBoards has in place.
Yesterday, I noticed that my #24-hour Guests increased from normal ie 40-100 to 300-400. That is highly unlikely to be an actual number. This is a FL community resident HOA forum and, most snowbirds have returned home. I have never had more than about 250 even during a "hot election atmosphere". There is no such topic or event that could account for this rise in community participation.
Is there an explanation? This is more than idle curiosity; some members are concerned about an ISP hacking into their computers. I would like to lay this issue to rest.
Is there an explanation? This is more than idle curiosity; some members are concerned about an ISP hacking into their computers. I would like to lay this issue to rest.
Here is the response:
It could be searchbots, or a link has been posted to the forum on another site which gets high volumes of traffic and they have clicked through, or perhaps one person is viewing with a non static ip and it changes every pageview.
Do you allow guests to post without registering?
Regardless of what an ISP does, they do not have access to your information on ProBoards. As far as hacking goes, that's very, very unlikely with the protections ProBoards has in place.