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Title: what are Spiders.......?
Post by: Dock Shunter on December 06, 2011, 09:10:20 PM
Forgive my ignorance but at the bottom of the forum where it tells you how many members and guests are online it says we have 30 spiders.........
What are Spiders...... ???
( And don't be a smart ar@~s and say a creepy crawley with 6/8 legs) ;D
Title: Re: what are Spiders.......?
Post by: Tank on December 06, 2011, 09:12:53 PM
Creepy cra.... oh!   :smiley-laughing:

They are what Search Engines use to search through forums and gather information, and therefore appear when people type in a phrase on Google etc.
Title: Re: what are Spiders.......?
Post by: Sprintex on December 06, 2011, 09:13:46 PM
Yep, otherwise known as "bots" - short for web-robots  :thumbsup:


Paul
Title: Re: what are Spiders.......?
Post by: Newportnobby on December 06, 2011, 09:26:29 PM
Quote from: Dock Shunter on December 06, 2011, 09:10:20 PM
Forgive my ignorance but at the bottom of the forum where it tells you how many members and guests are online it says we have 30 spiders.........
What are Spiders...... ???
( And don't be a smart ar@~s and say a creepy crawley with 6/8 legs) ;D

I had to ask too :-[ Wouldn't be so bad but I knew what a 'bot' is. Doh ::)
Title: Re: what are Spiders.......?
Post by: poliss on December 06, 2011, 10:06:34 PM
Nah, this is a spider. :-)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Poliss_album/Misc/P1010001.jpg)
Title: Re: what are Spiders.......?
Post by: moogle on December 06, 2011, 10:24:55 PM
Well as long as they stay on the screen I'll be ok.
Title: Re: what are Spiders.......?
Post by: H on December 06, 2011, 11:02:12 PM
Quote from: poliss on December 06, 2011, 10:06:34 PM
Nah, this is a spider. :-)

Nope, that's a spiders web.  ;D

H.