[bot] ????? what?

[Happyflyer]

This is for the web wizards out there.
Scroll to the bottom of a page and check the "Who is online"
Many times you will find an entry of, "[bot] Google" along with a person's name or two.
Just what is that and what is it doing?

 

[rrmccabe]

They are the things that crawl the web and index content. Google Bots and other search engines. Just means they are reading and indexing the site.

 

[chuddly]

 

[Happyflyer]

They are the things that crawl the web and index content. Google Bots and other search engines. Just means they are reading and indexing the site.

Ah, yes, so I can find "stuff" when I search.
Thanks

 

[gunslinger]

They are the things that crawl the web and index content. Google Bots and other search engines. Just means they are reading and indexing the site.

Ah, yes, so I can find "stuff" when I search.
Thanks

That's why you can find stuff on this forum using Google much faster than using the PP search engine...

 

[rrmccabe]

They are the things that crawl the web and index content. Google Bots and other search engines. Just means they are reading and indexing the site.

Ah, yes, so I can find "stuff" when I search.
Thanks

That's why you can find stuff on this forum using Google much faster than using the PP search engine...

You said PP :mrgreen: