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How come Googlebot (or any bot) is never online on my 2.1/2.2/3.0 board (last visit: never)? A search on Google returns over 300 results, so my forums have definatly been indexed.

Not asking for support here, I just want to hear some opinions before adding it to the bug tracker (and couldn't find any posts about this).

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spambot wrote: How come Googlebot (or any bot) is never online on my 2.1/2.2/3.0 board (last visit: never)?
Why don't you just say olympus :P
spambot wrote: A search on Google returns over 300 results, so my forums have definatly been indexed.Not asking for support here, I just want to hear some opinions before adding it to the bug tracker (and couldn't find any posts about this).
This could be a bug and I'd report it if I where you. It would be handy to know when the Bot's last visited.

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I guess it's working here on Area51, since I see Googlebot in "who is online" all the time (which means it visits this site at least once an hour). I've updated to the latest CVS just yesterday. I left the default settings for Googlebot as they where.

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spambot wrote: I guess it's working here on Area51, since I see Googlebot in "who is online" all the time (which means it visits this site at least once an hour). I've updated to the latest CVS just yesterday. I left the default settings for Googlebot as they where.
Visit ACP -> System -> Spiders/Robots

What does the last visit column show?
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spambot wrote: How come Googlebot (or any bot) is never online on my 2.1/2.2/3.0 board (last visit: never)?
I checked that, it's the same for all bots ;)

[ edit ] I guess I'm not missing anything here, just reported it. http://www.phpbb.com/bugs/viewreport.php?b=1768" target="_blank

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Well if Google is indexing your site then Googlebot must be there but it seems like phpBB3 (or whatever its called) isn't detecting it...
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