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Forgive me, I am middle-aged and don't understand everything about today's technology, but when I go to the bottom of the Board Index to see who's online I see several "bots" like GoogleBot and YahooBot. What the heck are bots?
If you know something better than Rock and Roll, I'd like to hear it - Jerry Lee Lewis
Posted : 27/09/2007 6:36 pm
Automated programs that act like users on the board, reading the pages and storing them for future reference, cached and indexed for searching on Google and Yahoo's search engines.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
Posted : 27/09/2007 8:26 pm
I guess thats why I can google "smokindog" and it pretty much spits out my life's story :shock:
Posted : 28/09/2007 12:49 am
Yep.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
Posted : 28/09/2007 2:08 am
