Just noticing the online list....
- morvelaira
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Just noticing the online list....
And it seems we have a spy! o.O
Or just a bot. It amused me...
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She-who-bears the right of Prima Squee-ti
I make BTW videos! http://www.youtube.com/user/morvelaira
The kitten is traumatized by stupid. Please stop abusing the kitten.
I make BTW videos! http://www.youtube.com/user/morvelaira
The kitten is traumatized by stupid. Please stop abusing the kitten.
Re: Just noticing the online list....
damn bots have been on every time i looked today, thats a fair comparison to the fact that Ive only seen it 2 times other than today...
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Syruse|Work: i like magic shit
MagikEh: ...
MagikEh: >.>
MagikEh: <.<
»» MagikEh walks to the bathroom
Syruse|Work: hahaaaaaaaaa
Syruse|Work: wait
MagikEh: xD
Syruse|Work: fuck
Syruse|Work: NO
Syruse|Work: DONT
MagikEh: ...
MagikEh: >.>
MagikEh: <.<
»» MagikEh walks to the bathroom
Syruse|Work: hahaaaaaaaaa
Syruse|Work: wait
MagikEh: xD
Syruse|Work: fuck
Syruse|Work: NO
Syruse|Work: DONT
- darahalian
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Re: Just noticing the online list....
I've seen the google one many times, but I also saw a yahoo bot once as well.
FlowerChild wrote:Remain ever vigilant against the groth menace my friends. Early detection is crucial in avoiding a full-blown groth epidemic.
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Re: Just noticing the online list....
Bots, also known as spiders (they crawl the web :P), are sent out by various search engines such as Yahoo, Bing and Google. They browse forums and gather data from posts so that the site can be indexed by the search engine for faster searching. Generally they have all the powers of a guest; ie they can't post or view restricted sections of the forums.
If bots don't visit the forum, none of the forum posts will show up in a search which ish bad D:
If bots don't visit the forum, none of the forum posts will show up in a search which ish bad D:
- morvelaira
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Re: Just noticing the online list....
Still. It amused me. Which is why I shared.
She-who-bears the right of Prima Squee-ti
I make BTW videos! http://www.youtube.com/user/morvelaira
The kitten is traumatized by stupid. Please stop abusing the kitten.
I make BTW videos! http://www.youtube.com/user/morvelaira
The kitten is traumatized by stupid. Please stop abusing the kitten.
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And so we thank you for this wonderful post. It Was and shall be an eye opener for the whole community!! =P
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Syruse|Work: i like magic shit
MagikEh: ...
MagikEh: >.>
MagikEh: <.<
»» MagikEh walks to the bathroom
Syruse|Work: hahaaaaaaaaa
Syruse|Work: wait
MagikEh: xD
Syruse|Work: fuck
Syruse|Work: NO
Syruse|Work: DONT
MagikEh: ...
MagikEh: >.>
MagikEh: <.<
»» MagikEh walks to the bathroom
Syruse|Work: hahaaaaaaaaa
Syruse|Work: wait
MagikEh: xD
Syruse|Work: fuck
Syruse|Work: NO
Syruse|Work: DONT
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Re: Just noticing the online list....
Is it weird i saw google bot reading this topic?
* Choke Choke Die*
Victim: Damn Poison cupcakes......
Bystander: Oooo a cupcake.
And the cycle continues until someone builds an immunity to it or we all die. Either way it has got to suck being the last person alive..
Victim: Damn Poison cupcakes......
Bystander: Oooo a cupcake.
And the cycle continues until someone builds an immunity to it or we all die. Either way it has got to suck being the last person alive..
- HavokSCOUT
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Re: Just noticing the online list....
Just saw a bing bot
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CheGiuAn wrote:ppl should have faith, not religion....
Katalliaan wrote:It's a tech shrub, more like
MagikEh wrote: D: THE SEEKRET OF SYRUPEY BEAVER NIPPLES HAS BEEN EXPOSED!!! ABORT~!~!
Re: Just noticing the online list....
Yeah, nothing weird :
http://www.google.com/support/webmaster ... wer=182072
http://www.google.com/support/webmaster ... wer=182072
Re: Just noticing the online list....
A bot can be stopped from 'reading' the forums by changing to robot.txt or something (www.sargunster.com/robot.txt) but that will block it from certain bits of the site, but then again some bots deliberately read the robot.txt see that you don't want them in a directory (/dontlook.html) and will go and have a look (not google or 'polite' bots) which you can then set a trap to see which ones do it etc.
First time that piece of information maybe relevant and I feel silly for posting it ^^
First time that piece of information maybe relevant and I feel silly for posting it ^^
- HavokSCOUT
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Re: Just noticing the online list....
All I can say is this:
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CheGiuAn wrote:ppl should have faith, not religion....
Katalliaan wrote:It's a tech shrub, more like
MagikEh wrote: D: THE SEEKRET OF SYRUPEY BEAVER NIPPLES HAS BEEN EXPOSED!!! ABORT~!~!
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I'm half tempted to make a GoogleBot account, just to screw with you guys, since there be paranoia upon this ship.
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Haha I already considered it, but I'm lazy so I didn't go through with it :DKWilt wrote:I'm half tempted to make a GoogleBot account, just to screw with you guys, since there be paranoia upon this ship.
- morvelaira
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Re: Just noticing the online list....
I'm not paranoid. Honest! Why ever would you think that? *loud noise* *defensive crouch twitch*
But seriously... I'm kind of a forum noob. I'd never seen a google bot or anything like that before, and didn't know about them. Now I know. And knowing is half the battle.
GI JOE! :D
But seriously... I'm kind of a forum noob. I'd never seen a google bot or anything like that before, and didn't know about them. Now I know. And knowing is half the battle.
GI JOE! :D
She-who-bears the right of Prima Squee-ti
I make BTW videos! http://www.youtube.com/user/morvelaira
The kitten is traumatized by stupid. Please stop abusing the kitten.
I make BTW videos! http://www.youtube.com/user/morvelaira
The kitten is traumatized by stupid. Please stop abusing the kitten.
- darahalian
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Re: Just noticing the online list....
That might work to scare some people, but since the "Google (bot)" text shows up in gray, instead of the normal blue, most people would probably realize what was going on.KWilt wrote:I'm half tempted to make a GoogleBot account, just to screw with you guys, since there be paranoia upon this ship.
FlowerChild wrote:Remain ever vigilant against the groth menace my friends. Early detection is crucial in avoiding a full-blown groth epidemic.