Yes they are robots. Googlebot, Slurp, MSNbot, etc.
I have a seperate script running and it will often display something like Visitors Online: 232 | Forums: 417. It's simply not possible to have more visitors on the forum than there are on the whole site.
As far as excluding them; I'm not sure if that's possible.
I have a seperate script running and it will often display something like Visitors Online: 232 | Forums: 417. It's simply not possible to have more visitors on the forum than there are on the whole site.
As far as excluding them; I'm not sure if that's possible.