WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Does the stat counter also count visits by spammers? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/does-the-stat-counter-also-count-visits-by-spammers WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Does the stat counter also count visits by spammers? en Sat, 18 May 2013 12:37:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 raincoaster on "Does the stat counter also count visits by spammers?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/does-the-stat-counter-also-count-visits-by-spammers#post-111226 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:37:06 +0000 raincoaster 111226@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Andy has said that WordPress essentially eliminates robots from its stat count.

]]> abbydonkrafts on "Does the stat counter also count visits by spammers?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/does-the-stat-counter-also-count-visits-by-spammers#post-111165 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:44:20 +0000 abbydonkrafts 111165@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It depends on how the spam was submitted. If it was a direct form post, then no - it's not part of the hits. If it was through a load in "browser, wait, populate form, submit" thing, then it does count. But, it's probably more of the direct form posting, so the hits are mostly real visitors.

]]> silsblog on "Does the stat counter also count visits by spammers?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/does-the-stat-counter-also-count-visits-by-spammers#post-111143 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:44:15 +0000 silsblog 111143@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If my blog has 15,000 hits, and Askimet has caught 5,000 spam comments, is the 'real' number of hits closer to 10,000?

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