Have you noticed all the
search engines
here this past week? Right now, for example, I see
135
listed. Two days ago the record was set .. at
167
. That's a lot of search engines.
Wonder why the jump? We normally have between 50 and 100 .. if my memory is correct, and sometimes it even drops below that .. tho not for very long.
A review of the number of
TCP Sockets (usually between
30 and
40) would suggest most search engines come and quickly go .. rather than stay long periods (index'ing threads):
http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1204840577/24#24.. tho I am seeing an increased number of pronounced spikes between
40 and
50 (six in the last 12-hour period) .. tho, none of these spikes exceed
50 .. and the graph never drops below
30 .. no matter how far back I look.