[thelist] disabled javascript

Ken Kogler ken at kenkogler.com
Fri Apr 5 18:57:00 CST 2002


> > spiders also don't make image requests
> > either so it's doubtful they're
> > actually affecting the stats for
> > thecounter.com since they do their tracking
> > with the loading of an image.  in other
> > words, that 12% is probably all browser-usage.
>
> This is not entirely true.  There are many spiders
> out there that "catalogue" the 'net.  These spiders
> make image calls and store/cache the results.

Like the Google cache... That spider is definitely making image
requests, but I would assume JavaScript functionality would be minimal
at best, if for no other reason than to increase efficiency.

-Ken




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