sadietoo Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Hello, Sorry if this is a blonde question...who is MSNbot Media and why is it browsing this forum????Is Big Brother watching us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I may be completely wrong but I think these "bots" are linked to search engines? So nothing sinister . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 That's what I thought too, they look through the forum and pick up certain words so when you google something it will bring up a link to this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie the Moocher Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 *thinking of random and bizarre words to post* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 Thanks for your replies .....sorry to be paranoid...I just hate to be used for advertising unknowingly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Wonder what it makes of the word association thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I love the little bots, i always imagine these little cute robots, reading our posts and chuckling along with us. I know, i'm tragic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 A bot searches the whole forum, and puts the keywords into the relevant search engine (MSNbot Media - Windows Live Search, GoogleBot - Google, etc etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Fred How does it decide what the key words are???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 It sees which ones are used the most. Could be tricky. It could be linking the forum to Lemon Drizzle Cake sites as opposed to henkeeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 It could be linking the forum to Lemon Drizzle Cake sites as opposed to henkeeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie the Moocher Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Or some obscure sites dealing with poo [if there is such a thing, and I'm not looking] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I have often wondered what that was - there's a Yahoo one at the moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebe Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 oh, and I thought they were a race of friendly robots wuth robot hens...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I love the little bots, i always imagine these little cute robots, reading our posts and chuckling along with us. I know, i'm tragic. No, quite normal, Helly Welly . I like them too. They are like little friends, tuning in to see what we're all up to. I'm sure they must have robot hens too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 They keep me company when I am on the night shift and Sheila has gone to make tea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
