# Board performance problems

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491>\
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**Created:** [May 27, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491 "2013-05-27T21:15:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-performance-problems/659491/21 "2013-05-29T02:55:48Z")

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**Musicat** contemplates the possibility of _aggressive search engines:_

> [@Musicat](#):
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> I wonder if any analysis has been done on the rising trends – are we simply becoming more popular, have more members, more active members, are posting longer posts, or what? I only ask because without careful analysis, we might be victims of spam, **aggressive search engines** , or malware of various flavors.

In an unrelated thread, I just posted this remark, which is perhaps relevant to ask about here too:

> [@Accepted For Value (A4V)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accepted-for-value-a4v/659369/44):
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> . . . It’s astonishing how fast new posts on SDMB show up in Google searches. Perhaps Google has figured that SDMB is a high-volume site that needs, and is worthy of, very close watching for new material? If so, does this mean that Google is crawling SDMB with very frequent regularity, perhaps significantly contributing to the SDMB slow-downs and search problems?
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> Hmmmmm… I think I’m going to post this to one of those current ATMB threads too . . . Watch for it in Google, Real Soon Now!

So, here it is!

(Is that actually something that happens?)

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