Bots = programs used to create accounts on random forums and advertize content so that the site being advertized can gain views/money.
Guests = users of SC without accounts.
I've only seen one guest so far that's advertized, and that was yesterday. He was going on about some kind of keygens for a game. After that, I to talk to Rich about expanding the banning permissions of T&C into the forums so that Smods could manage IP addresses too.
I swear, I think these bots are multiplying because I can currently only perma ban their accounts. A month ago, it was one or two a day. Now it's gotten to the point where I perma ban 3 - 6 people a day.
And on top of that, I feel kinda bad for asking this much from Rich. The original Smod ban limit was 5 bans a week. Then it went up to 15 bans a week so I could deal with bots. After I broke my account again, he made it 10 bans a day. Once these advertizing guests popped up, it's now 10 account/IP bans a day.