Google Spider?

5 replies · 1,409 views · Started 03 April 2004

Foxx 03 Apr 2004, 03:47

In the "Who's Online" it lists half the guests as Google Spiders. Now what exactly are those?

fatcatfan 03 Apr 2004, 03:51

The google bots which index the internet so that you can find something when you use their search engine.

Fiyerstorm 03 Apr 2004, 03:52

Edit: fatcatfan got to it first, lol 😛

Anyways, isn't it supposed to add site text and images to Google's DB??

Archibaldo 03 Apr 2004, 04:50

Google spider, intresting... is there anything like that on other sites like this one?

inori 03 Apr 2004, 05:41

Yes, Google's spiders reach virtually anything that's linked from another page they reach. They were here long before we went to vB3; they just didn't show up in the Who's Online listing then.

theplustwo 05 Apr 2004, 14:15

There are also spiders for MSN, Yahoo!, and other search engines prowling the web. Google seems to be the most prominently listed in forum online lists though. :shrug: