So what's with all the bots?

[DirtyMartini]

I get the idea of search engines indexing pages by web crawlers, but are they usually this present? And conspicuous? And creepy?

[luddite lady]

Ummm...Was that English your were writing in, DM? I understood the word creepy and conspicuous.

*walks off to give the Victrolla a few cranks before her music stops*

[Tamadude]

Ya I was wondering about that. Pages upon pages of new users that all appear to be bots.

[luddite lady]

Ah! Now I think I'm starting to understand you. I thought google bot was a hommage to the Transformers or something. I agree--creepy!

[DirtyMartini]

*walks off to give the Victrolla a few cranks before her music stops*

May I have this dance?

Just very strange to peek in and see "Registered users: Google [Bot], MSN [Bot], Tamadude, Yahoo [Bot]."

Although the Who Is Online listing is pretty funny:

Google [Bot] Reading topic in THE KRYPTON FORUM Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:14 am

Maybe it's just shy.

[visions]

They are just jealous that they can't join the love feast

[shyvixen]

[quote="visions"]They are just jealous that they can't join the love feast [/quote]

When the bots start posting, then I'll freak out.

[policerule]

I'm such a computer loser... I have to go look up what a "web crawler" and a "bot" is.