The advantage is that Bots get put into the correct group (and therefore get the correct permissions). Bots not in the Bots list get treated as Guests, which means they see Register and Log-In links, etc.techman41973 wrote:I appreciate all of the work that went into these lists and script.
But can anyone explain the advantages of adding this long list of new bots to my phpbb site?
Have all or most of these bots been tested to be beneficial in some way?
I'm not sure how a bot (if perhaps it was a spam bot) could negatively effect my site.
Steve