Guests to forums

[Sher]

I see we have 8 guests viewing our index, one reading a thread. The other day I saw someone looking into the paid platform.........did not know she was a paid member. Have the rules/requirements changed?
Can non-paid members view the paid forum and are guests allowed to view threads if they are not registered. Curious why I paid money if it is open to all? Can someone answer? Thanks

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[BOSS]

Most of the "Guests" are Spiders and Bots sent out by Google, lately we have been seeing Bots from AOL and Yahoo...as the word about FlowerChat and the Real Florist Blog http://www.realflorist.comspread we should see increased "Guest" traffic.

They may be "looking" at something that does not mean they can "see it" often they encounter error messages as the depth of the site they are allowed to crawl to is limited.

Generally "Guests" you see registering are people.

THe Flower Soft forum is the only forum open to the "public" so in this case they are seeing what it says.