Why Are There Always More Guests Than Members?

[ohsixx]

Last time I looked, there were 68 members and 121 guests online.

[steve-o]

Often times, guests are a multitude of "Yahoo Slurp Spiders" or similar.

They're Bot programs that scan the internet and index it for yahoo...or a similar search engine like google.

You got to think about how the search engine knows where everything is as well.

[Tools]

Some are also regulars who just havn't signed on..

And Rolex spies, of course, checking to see how the tides of TRF are flowing..

[timebroker]

You can deny certain addresses like google or yahoo on the website so the actual visitors would more or less show but there's no need I suppose.

[daunwaun]

spies i tell YA!!! when you have the best forum in the world you will always have lurkers and spies

[Bama]

Originally Posted by Tools

Some are also regulars who just havn't signed on..

And Rolex spies, of course, checking to see how the tides of TRF are flowing..

I think I fall into that category often (not a spy) in that usually I'll scan the posts and sign on only when I want to reply to something.

Oh well, I've been caught. I am head of marketing for Rolex and a regular spy on this forum. After finding such great Rolex enthusiasts here I've decided to offer a free watch to all TRF members because of their dedication to the brand.

[ohsixx]

Originally Posted by Bama

I think I fall into that category often (not a spy) in that usually I'll scan the posts and sign on only when I want to reply to something.

Oh well, I've been caught. I am head of marketing for Rolex and a regular spy on this forum. After finding such great Rolex enthusiasts here I've decided to offer a free watch to all TRF members because of their dedication to the brand.

That sounds completely reasonable. I will take a black dial Daytona.

[Gedanken]

Originally Posted by Bama

After finding such great Rolex enthusiasts here I've decided to offer a free watch to all TRF members because of their dedication to the brand.

Why thank you, Michael! I'll take an SS GMTII-C!

My understanding is that we've gone up the Google rankings over time, and I expect that the number of guests can be partially explained by people checking out the forum before signing on. Looking at the number of new members we're getting, I expect that the quality of posting we're getting here is attracting a fair bit of attention, so well done, all!