Goldstar Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Hi I was just wondering what a googlebot is, every now and then when I scroll down to see who is on line there it is gogglebot, there are a couple of others but I cant remember there names. I hope this isnt a totally daft question, I have been wondering for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I've been wondering this since I joined too. Theres Yahoo, MSN and Bing too. I THINK it means that the forum front page is showing up on someone's search results? I have no idea . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Bots are what the search engines use to create links etc when you search for something online. These bots trawl the internet (and this forum) and put any relavent information onto search engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 yup, it's basically a google script systematically trawling every page it can get to so that it can catalogue the pages for google. They run from time to time. The forum recognises the 'bot' and lists it as a user. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I thought bot was short for bottom silly me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I thought bot was short for bottom silly me Fantastic Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Aaaah little things..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldstar Posted June 5, 2011 Author Share Posted June 5, 2011 Thank you everyone. You have cleared up another mystery for me. You are all fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Nothing creepier for me than browsing the forum in the early hours with just a googlebot for company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
