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What is a [bot] ?
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:25 pm
by Gerry D
Google [Bot]
Who or what are these google and bing bots that are seen online now and then ?
Re: What is a [bot] ?
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:39 pm
by Diapason
Basically, google and bing and other search engines work by crawling around the web, keeping a record of what they see so that when somebody searches for something they know where to find it.
They're always watching...!
Re: What is a [bot] ?
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:41 pm
by Gerry D
Aaargh !!! That's what I was afraif of.
Many Thanks.
Re: What is a [bot] ?
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:00 pm
by Fran
They're actually ok - if we exclude them then the site won't show up in searches.
If you really want to be scared, install Google analytics and you can nearly tell what a lad had for breakfast that day.....