Google Spider/Yahoo! Slurp Spider

James1234 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-01-08, 21:23

What are/is a Google spider/Yahoo! slurp spider, when click on Currently Active Users on it tells you who's looking at what these are the members and guest, surely Google spider/Yahoo slurp spider(s) are not guests so what are they?

accymel2006 · #2 (**permalink**) 01-01-08, 21:31

Think they are searches that google/yahoo have found that people are looking for, not 100% tho.

WillowTheWhisp · #3 (**permalink**) 01-01-08, 21:37

They are the search engine robot thingies that go out looking for where stuff is so they can tell people about where to find it when they put in a search.

James1234 · #4 (**permalink**) 01-01-08, 21:40

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Originally Posted by accymel2006

Think they are searches that google/yahoo have found that people are looking for, not 100% tho.

Quote:

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

They are the search engine robot thingies that go out looking for where stuff is so they can tell people about where to find it when they put in a search.

Cheers for answering me question, simple answer really TA

WillowTheWhisp · #5 (**permalink**) 01-01-08, 21:45

I like the idea of Yahoo slurping up info! lol

grannyclaret · #6 (**permalink**) 02-01-08, 00:36

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I like the idea of Yahoo slurping up info! lol

A long time ago me and Dellym,a former member had a lot of laughs with a thread about these creepy spiders,,we were just short of being locked up

...............WHERE ARE YOU DELLYM?...............................

James1234 · #7 (**permalink**) 02-01-08, 03:13

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Originally Posted by accymel2006

Think they are searches that google/yahoo have found that people are looking for, not 100% tho.

Quote:

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

They are the search engine robot thingies that go out looking for where stuff is so they can tell people about where to find it when they put in a search.

I paused the same question on B/Burn 24/7, the replay was same as both of your, however I also discovered what tags are for and how they work possibly boosting a topics ranking in the search list, yes quite simple, ought to have given it more thought reaily. Cheers for your answers tho.

WillowTheWhisp · #8 (**permalink**) 02-01-08, 10:48

Had to think then what you meant by 'tags' as my first thought was the html kind which come up when you click on things like the

and

above the text box.

Some forums have the other ones where you can type in your own but not all do. They are extremely useful for spiders to latch onto when a specifically interesting topic is being discussed.

James1234 · #9 (**permalink**) 02-01-08, 23:56

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Had to think then what you meant by 'tags' as my first thought was the html kind which come up when you click on things like the

and

above the text box.

Some forums have the other ones where you can type in your own but not all do. They are extremely useful for spiders to latch onto when a specifically interesting topic is being discussed.

Yeah I'm going to look up me posting on B/burn 24/7 see how quickly it comes up.

grannyclaret · #10 (**permalink**) 05-01-08, 11:17

ooh i am being blinded by science again

James1234 · #11 (**permalink**) 05-01-08, 16:02

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

ooh i am being blinded by science again

Science? if I can learn and understand it, then it should be a piece of cake for you computer experts on here!!

WillowTheWhisp · #12 (**permalink**) 05-01-08, 17:31

You remind me of someone we used to have on an old forum Granny - every time I said anything that she didn't follow she used to just do a marquee saying "Wooosh!"