Afterglow Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 I know I'm super curious but I'm just wondering It might be a bit stupid though. Don't know. This --> I noticed it so many times and always wondered what it is. I mean, okay, it says google.com, but you can't click it, or anything. Why is it there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitlin Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 Hey, yeah! I always thought that was a user... hmmm, very mysterious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Lc~ Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 it's just that google is search our forums everytime new stuff is posted so it can show us on their search when people search any kind of keyword which is on here. like "IB" "help me I'm blinded up IB work!", "how do I write? IB has blanked out my memory!" and other such sentences Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afterglow Posted September 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 it's just that google is search our forums everytime new stuff is posted so it can show us on their search when people search any kind of keyword which is on here. like "IB" "help me I'm blinded up IB work!", "how do I write? IB has blanked out my memory!"and other such sentences Oh so you mean, whenever we see google.com, someone is searching on google? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Lc~ Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 Oh so you mean, whenever we see google.com, someone is searching on google? lol, no google is just taking a look at the forum so it saves us in it's database so that when people search us we turn up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitlin Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 HEY GOOGLE, LOOK AT ME!! I'M SEARCHABLE!! *jumps up and down and waves arms* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afterglow Posted September 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 Ah, okay, that explains things It's still annoying though when you see a name that you can't click. Reminds me of bots *shudders* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 It is a bot . I can make it invisible if you want. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survivor Rob Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 It is a bot . I can make it invisible if you want. Please don't! I think its kind of cool/creepy! Does this mean that if i search for this sentence in google, it will come up as a hit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Lc~ Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 Please don't!I think its kind of cool/creepy! Does this mean that if i search for this sentence in google, it will come up as a hit? most probably, try it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 Does this mean that if i search for this sentence in google, it will come up as a hit? But remember that it may take a day or two for it to read this topic and index that sentence. Also, when you search for it in google, make sure you use quotation marks so it searches for the exact wording . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survivor Rob Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 But remember that it may take a day or two for it to read this topic and index that sentence. Also, when you search for it in google, make sure you use quotation marks so it searches for the exact wording . Will do and can't wait to try it out! So how come its only googles name that comes up? Not other search engines like yahoo or msn etc, do they search through google or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruan Chun Xian Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 I've seen some other bots other than Google lurking around but not often. Google loves us, it just doesn't bugger off. It's there everytime I log on. Which is good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survivor Rob Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 I've seen some other bots other than Google lurking around but not often. Google loves us, it just doesn't bugger off. It's there everytime I log on. Which is good. Thats kind of creepy, really does show how powerful google is........ They are probably even observing us as we speak.............. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 I hid the yahoo bot because it works in a different way. It sends hundreds of bots at once, so the site has about 200 guests. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survivor Rob Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 I hid the yahoo bot because it works in a different way. It sends hundreds of bots at once, so the site has about 200 guests.Yeh i'm done for this thread, i have been answered,200 bots?! woah, yahoo is wiiierrrd... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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