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 04/09/08 06:51am (Read 2,219 times)  
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trampoline

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My geeklog database backup files have shrunk back to 4.6 mb from 18 mb but I cannot see how, all the articles are still there so nothing has changed...
What could be going on ??
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 04/09/08 01:39pm  
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It may be the GUS plugin. Did you empty the tables? Those log files can really eat up space. After a month of use I'll have 40 megs of data in my gus tables.
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 04/09/08 01:42pm  
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Oh yes that was it !
Thanks, I can stop worrying now, Gus sure does collect a lot of data, I'd rather use it than Google though
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 04/09/08 01:53pm  
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I use both. There are somethings that Google Analytics just doesn't show you.
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 04/09/08 01:55pm  
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i just find a free service that harvests so much data is a bit scarry
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 04/09/08 02:00pm  
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The Bad Behavior logs can also make the size of your database go up and down, although probably not by that much.

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 04/09/08 02:05pm  
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Yes I get a lot of that nearly 1 in 5 hits is a hack attempt invoking bad behavior !
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 04/09/08 02:12pm  
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i just find a free service that harvests so much data is a bit scarry



I do too. Especially when you combine the information they collect from the google toolbar, google desktop and iGoogle.
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