The bots

[Splitpin]

I see we have a "Bing Bot" here tonight more of Ian's mates
But really .... what are they , and why didn't they show up before ...

[Ian Warren]

Anything BOT has nothing to do with me ... I keep crying to pointing to possibles, but generally these are further wider outsiders.

[emfrat]

Marty, bots (short for 'Netbots') are robotic programs which trawl the 'net looking for new webpages or changed ones, and sending the info back to the search engine company that launched them, to keep their database up-to-date. You can tell by the name which mob they belong to, and they carry identifying code which website owners can use to allow them entry or not. I'm sure you've noticed that the bots appear as Registered Users, not Hidden or Guests.

Cheers

[Ian Warren]

Botman out, Damn sure Mike That is why I were a leather cap, gomer goggles , a scarf and glued all those plus more feathers glued on .... simply know one can feather me out

[Fozzer]

"Bots" are like little Internet Ferrets.

They constantly burrow around underground, in all the various Sites, looking for something new and tasty to catch!

Beware!...They are watching us all the time...(a bit like the IRS and the CIA)... ....!

Paul..... ...!

In the Olden Days, (before The Internet), a "bot/botty" used to be the rear end of a baby, ready for dusting with powder... ...!

[emfrat]

Anything BOT has nothing to do with me ... I keep crying to pointing to possibles, but generally these are further wider outsiders.

Must admit, I read this and then had to "Pause, and consider" whether it was Ianglish for payware

[Ian Warren]

Hey Paul, Frankly .. and I'm not Frank, I'd love a visit from the 'CIA' , they could probably learn a lot from me ... IRS .. bugger me who cares about "Israeli Regional Sector" regard to what I know what they don't know because we could have told it to the 'CIA' Cautious Intel Animal .. society , bunch of pussys

[Ian Warren]

Anything BOT has nothing to do with me ... I keep crying to pointing to possibles, but generally these are further wider outsiders.

Must admit, I read this and then had to "Pause, and consider" whether it was Ianglish for payware

Secret Code .. that is why I'm a double naught spy 51

[Splitpin]

A new one " Majestic-12 [Bot]" bloody hell ... almost as many bots as member's I reckon these little fellas should start paying their way .... buy a sub from Rob , post something

[toprob]

On my site, I normally choose to turn off the display of bots when I check on visitors, but I've just had a quick look to see how many are visiting -- the main search engines appear to drop in every hour, others are every two hours, and Bing just pops in when he feels like it.

Of course this means that search results are always very up-to-date, which helps me a lot. I also get to see the 'hits' from search results, they account for about 5% of visits to my site. Of those hits, Google accounts for about 96% of them, which shows how many people use Google to search. These days, I tend to use Bing a lot, as it is integrated in the phone and tablet. But Google is going to be the leader for a very long time, unless Microsoft can claw something back with Windows 10's built-in Bing.

[Splitpin]

Well .... if they help you Rob ... bring on the bots .
What an age we live in .... i love it

[toprob]

Well .... if they help you Rob ... bring on the bots .
What an age we live in .... i love it

Being part cyborg myself, with some mechanical 'improvements' in my chest, I can relate.

[Ian Warren]

Have a couple a Bot pans i don't use come to thinking a couple of sPOTs .. being single you have to think outside the Pot .. and move on.

[Splitpin]

Have a couple a Bot pans i don't use come to thinking a couple of sPOTs .. being single you have to think outside the Pot .. and move on.

What?? And i thought i had a grip of Ianglish
Let me see ... you have a pan with a bot in it ... the bot has spots ? But because your single .... hmmmm , this is where i get lost Skinman (you know your real name) .... "S ", Ian S ..... (sorry team, private joke)
Jeezz Im starting to sound like you .....

[Fozzer]

I suppose the advantage of "Bots" is that they constantly keep the various Internet Search Engines up-to-date!

So what we search for, carries the latest information available, presuming that the Search Engines amend the information accurately where and when required..... .....!

I wonder how the Google Satellite Maps are up-dated all round the World.....Is it ever possible?
(The tree appearing in my back garden was cut down years ago, and my motor bike is no longer parked in my front garden!!).... ...!

Paul....with my botty sat on the potty... ...!

[Splitpin]

"with my botty sat on the potty" too much information old chap
Paul , i cant get my head around (to coin yet another americanism ) "cookies" let alone these bot thingys .
For me a , cookie, is a cup of tea and a Shrewsberry

[Ian Warren]

Its all what we put in a Bots fellas .. I mean Pots .. .. keeps the hungry looking ... or