Google [Bot]???
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:42 pm
by ZZ
I've seen "Google [Bot]" and "Yahoo [Bot]" online as "members". What are they?
If they truely are members, they should have the courtesy to post in the mew members thread... I'm just sayin'
Re: Google [Bot]???
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:55 pm
by rhino777
That sounds like somebody is allowing spiders....
Re: Google [Bot]???
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:21 am
by codewritinfool
That's exactly what they are, spiders scraping content for the search engines. They are a necessary evil. They've always been here, just invisible until now.
Re: Google [Bot]???
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:06 am
by Thirsty Mallard
What's a spider?
Re: Google [Bot]???
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:35 am
by DannyW
Thirsty Mallard wrote:What's a spider?
An automated script that search engines use to pull content from non-static pages like these forums. It means I can go to google.com, search for "thirsty mallard bn army" and get your postings. Try it! It's fun!
Re: Google [Bot]???
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:18 pm
by Brew Engineer
There's Spiders in here!!! Ewwww! I thought they were confined to the Rat Pad!
Sorry, as usual, I didn't have anything constructive to add...
