Tracking hits...bots vs. real users

[Amil]

I want to track page hits, but I won't want to record when a bot (e.g.
google) visits my page. I currently have the META NOFOLLOW HTML on, but
that doesn't force a bot to not visit embedded links.

Is there a way via http headers or something else to somewhat determine if a
page visitor is a bot or a real user? I looked at the IIS logs at a bot
visit and unfortunately, the agent string looks like a normal user (at least
for one of the bots that had a lot of hits).

Thanks. Amil

 

[Jason]

Someone asked this a few topics before, subject line is "How can I tell if a
visitor is a search engine bot?"

 

[WJ]

You may want to use CAPTCHA technology.

John