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Thread ID: 53244	2005-01-11 12:29:00	Bots & Spiders	agent (30)	PC World Chat

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313077	2005-01-11 12:29:00	What with the archives of PressF1 being open to bots now, it is understandable that we can expect them to go snooping in the corners of PressF1. But I took a look through the Who's Online list and was surprised to see the status of one Ask Jeeves Spider as "Registering". :p Do they really need to do that? ;)	agent (30)
313078	2005-01-11 15:25:00	this thread (forums.pcworld.co.nz), less than 20 seconds old - perhaps where they live? Or more specificly here (forums.pcworld.co.nz)!!!	george12 (7)
313079	2005-01-11 23:42:00	What with the archives of PressF1 being open to bots now, it is understandable that we can expect them to go snooping in the corners of PressF1. But I took a look through the Who's Online list and was surprised to see the status of one Ask Jeeves Spider as "Registering". :p Do they really need to do that? ;) They'll keep doing that forever, just ignore them. It doesnt affect you	whetu (237)
313080	2005-01-11 23:48:00	Can someone explain to me what a bot/spider is? and where they come from, there uses and what they do. I understand they are used to get email addy's but do they do anything else? cheers	miknz (3731)
313081	2005-01-12 00:51:00	Hello miknz Can someone explain to me what a bot/spider is? Yep, sure this is newbe terms A bot/spider is a piece of automate software that go around looking for thing or doing automate things... and where they come from, there uses and what they do. They come from different search engions eg Google/Yahoo etc... What they main job is to try & find new websites so they can be listed in those search engines I understand they are used to get email addy's but do they do anything else? Yep :), like take for example the Google Bot The Google Bot Goes around finding websites like for example Press F1 I Hope this helps, if not post back here :)	Voice_Dude (6733)
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