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Randall
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posted February 24, 2012 06:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Okay, so the problem is cgi scripts are not exiting. It raises the CPU and causes that resource to hang. Then the site is slow, and the weird stuff happens. We now know what that problem is. My initial gut was right. It happens when we get crawled by the major search engines. A simple fix would be just to insert code to stop them from crawling us, but we get most of our traffic from them, so that isn't a good solution. The next solution is time-intensive, but it will be started on Monday. Problem solved.

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Randall
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posted February 24, 2012 06:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Success comes with its own unique set of challenges. Thanks to everyone for your patience.

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Cancer/Scorpio729
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posted February 24, 2012 06:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Cancer/Scorpio729     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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Ami Anne
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posted February 24, 2012 06:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ami Anne     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thank you, Randall!

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Randall
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posted February 24, 2012 09:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm just glad it can be fixed. It's costing me a small fortune, but it's worth it. I was just about fed up with this problem.

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posted February 24, 2012 10:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for T     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm curious as to why getting tons of traffic is ideal?

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posted February 24, 2012 10:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for T     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Is that how the place mostly gets members?.....who seem to join, but never end up posting...

I mean....is quantity more important than quality?

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anongrl10
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posted February 25, 2012 03:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for anongrl10     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Not sure if you mean that the crawlers *caused* it because it doesn't make sense to me.
It might happen when the traffic is high but that is not necessarily what causes it if you know what I mean?
In any case, I'm sorry to hear that you are paying big bugs to fix this. Hope they can guarantee their fix or at least follow up work if their solution isn't effective.
Thanks a million for keeping this wonderful family up and running and safe and cool.

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posted February 25, 2012 03:33 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for T     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'd insert the code to stop crawling. Why is a high amount of traffic so important? I have some ideas, but don't see how they would apply to this particular website which is relatively ad free...

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juniperb
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posted February 25, 2012 10:15 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I don`t understand but have no need to. Just wanted to say I get this tho

crawlers=big bugs

I adore you anon!

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Randall
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posted February 25, 2012 01:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Crawlers are the instigator. The problem is internal with the cgi scripts hanging. The point is to have as many people as possible to know about Lindaland to keep Linda's memory alive. To do that, we must be on the search engines.

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anongrl10
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posted February 25, 2012 04:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for anongrl10     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by juniperb:

I adore you anon!

awwwwwwww

Juni, if you see this, I need your question on my (now resurrected) Tarot reading thread in the PR forum. Can't find your q! Would like to do yours tomorrow (I'm in Europe so it's 'tomorrow' in a couple of hrs!).

Thank You.

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anongrl10
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posted February 25, 2012 04:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for anongrl10     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Randall:
Crawlers are the instigator. The problem is internal with the cgi scripts hanging. The point is to have as many people as possible to know about Lindaland to keep Linda's memory alive. To do that, we must be on the search engines.

Thanks. Makes sense.

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Randall
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posted February 26, 2012 12:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
He put a temporary patch on it for the weekend, and it seems to be working, so this guy really knows what he's doing. Yeah, we do get a lot of people who sign up and never post; however, a percentage of them do post...and if not for search engines, we would get no one signing up. So, we take the lurkers with the posters and just hope that the ones reading get something meaningful out of the exchange and that all members get a taste of Linda's spirit while here. And that's what's up!

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posted February 26, 2012 12:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for T     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Watching the numbers go up so fast, but not many new posters.....kind of makes one feel like there are crowds of people hiding in the bushes peeking in our windows...

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Randall
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posted February 26, 2012 01:16 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The windows are open for all to see. Some have been registered for over a year before posting.

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Randall
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posted February 26, 2012 01:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
We must have interesting stuff to read.

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sunshine9
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posted February 27, 2012 06:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for sunshine9     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
So...

but... you just did this:

??

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posted February 27, 2012 06:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for T     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yeah, some people do tend post a lot of interesting or helpful threads that make good reading for the place. Was thinking about that earlier. There are the thread starters, people who mostly contribute to the threads, the MIA's and the lurkers.

I think i'll try out being a light contributor for awhile.

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Randall
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posted February 27, 2012 07:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
May take a couple of days.

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