Scarthy © ® ™ Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 I am wondering about all the bots I am seeing on WF. They seem to have greatly increased in numbers over the years. Are they really necessary? Most days there are more bots than people? Is it a ££ thing? Some on today include:-Google.comInktomi SpiderMSN..and there are even more than this at times. <--- forget the names of them for now ?You may think I am paranoid but I don't really appreciate being tracked or watched over by anything in life. Google is a good search engine and I know that they increase their 'searchability' by building profile information on users in order to give them the results that best match their needs. Am I old fashioned? Is this the way forward? I am even finding myself 'not signing in' and browsing as a guest. And some days "The Lounge" is protected as a guest and other days open for all to see (maybe old cookie data still in browser until it's closed? <--- Will check this...).G-Zapper and Customize Google me thinks ;)I would love to hear your thought's on this (and so would the bots - wuhahahahahahahaha :lol: ) <--- Evil Laugh Appologies if it's been covered before (I don't like searching either)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 The bots just index the webpage, so when people search on search engines we get found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 The bots just index the webpage, so when people search on search engines we get found.I seem to recall that as a result of this indexing at least one person said that they had been directed here to get an answer to a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted November 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 ...and they even view the profiles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 ...and they even view the profiles? My profile doesn't reveal anything about who I actually am - neither does yours so, I'm not worried.Some people on here do know who I am and where I live - that's because I've told them but my location offered on my profile could mean any one of about 150,000+ people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think that profiles can be read by unregistered users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted November 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Prob just me being paranoid then? I went to the 'Online Users' list <http://www.windowsforum.org/forums/index.php?act=online> and saw a bot viewing a profile thats all :) Maybe the bots are people really, being nosey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted November 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 ^ Like this ^ ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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