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Bots are Online Users?
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:36 am
by noeinan
I was just curious, since I was looking at who was online and it appears there are no less than four bots. O.o Google, Yahoo, Bing, and one that looks like a username. Anyone know what's up with that? (They're all labeled [Bot], too...)
Re: Bots are Online Users?
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:49 am
by TheTraveler
Bots, or "spiders" as we used to call them in the good 'ol days, are used to keep information updated in search engines, Google, Yahoo and Bing being the largest currently. The Majestic-12 is a fairly new bot, originating in the UK. Interestingly, the Majestic folks aim to produce the largest search engine in the world. I doubt Google has any immediate worries though.
Cheers.
Re: Bots are Online Users?
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:36 am
by Cobweb
TheTraveler wrote:Bots, or "spiders" as we used to call them in the good 'ol days,
I object to this! Bots coming in, slandering our good spider name!
But, seriously, that's interesting. I never knew the purpose of bots before now so I'm glad you asked the question, Dai!
Re: Bots are Online Users?
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:56 pm
by noeinan
TheTraveler wrote:Bots, or "spiders" as we used to call them in the good 'ol days, are used to keep information updated in search engines, Google, Yahoo and Bing being the largest currently. The Majestic-12 is a fairly new bot, originating in the UK. Interestingly, the Majestic folks aim to produce the largest search engine in the world. I doubt Google has any immediate worries though.
Cheers.
Ah, I see. Thanks for the info!