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What does it mean when I'm sharing the forum with a bot?
Posted: September 24th, 2017, 7:44 pm
by Namu
On forum pages, near the bottom, there's a line that says, "Users browsing this forum:" Often, along with myself, and perhaps other members and guests, I see "Google[bot]" and/or "Bing[bot]."
What are these? Are they benign? Are they invited?
Thanks.
Namu
Re: What does it mean when I'm sharing the forum with a bot?
Posted: September 25th, 2017, 5:12 am
by manuel_moe_g
Those bots allow people from the outside to search in here using Google and Bing. They roam around and read what we say. It helps Paul increase the popularity of this forum, so that is OK.
Re: What does it mean when I'm sharing the forum with a bot?
Posted: September 25th, 2017, 8:15 am
by Namu
Thanks, mmg! I feel better.
: ^]
Namu
Re: What does it mean when I'm sharing the forum with a bot?
Posted: October 1st, 2017, 3:52 pm
by Not A Cylon
Don't worry, they're not bots related to the Skynet AI program.
