What are??

[greg_slideways]

Google [Bot]
Yahoo[Bot]

why are they members

[Stevo]

good question.... i think it to do with relavant searches, so when u on google...and you search sillyproject...and click to go to the forum...i think that is when the 'google bot' is enbabled

i might be wrong..any1 else know why this is?

[greg_slideways]

That is a good theory stevo.. but anyone know excatly what it is?

[jasper]

I tried google for Sillyproject, it did show up on Google, but the google-bot did 'sign in' at sillyproject.com

[[SPTR] Luis!]

i find an explication!!! but it in french sorry english men...

Google bot définition:
Nom du robot d'indexation de Google, qui parcourt le web de lien en lien à la recherche de nouvelles pages.

Il existe plusieurs versions de GoogleBot :

GoogleBot classique sert à indexer les pages web pour les inclure dans l'index de Google ; il visite les pages à une fréquence qui dépend de plusieurs facteurs.
GoogleBot Mediapartner est dédié à Google AdSense : il analyse les pages afin de cibler au mieux les annonces à afficher il visite les pages suite à leur affichage par un internaute.
GoogleBot pour Google News indexe les pages d'actualité des sites sélectionnés par Google News ; la fréquence de visite est très importante (plusieurs fois par heure)
On peut savoir si GoogleBot est venu visiter son site en regardant les fichiers log, ou encore plus facilement en installant RobotStats.

[[SPTR] Luis!]

for yahoo bot i dont find a description..... i work to find something.... i think yahoo bot isnt same google bot....

a list of Bots in the web http://www.user-agents.org/

[Stevo]

so i think is pretty much like my theory

[[SPTR] Luis!]

hmm i prefer a real description ^^

[greg_slideways]

Name robot indexing Google, which runs the site from link to link on the lookout for new pages.

There are many versions of GoogleBot:

GoogleBot classic serves to index web pages for inclusion in Google's index; He visits the pages at a frequency which depends on several factors.
GoogleBot Mediapartner is dedicated to AdSense: it analyzes the pages in order to better target ads to display pages he visits the following posting by a user.
GoogleBot for Google News indexes pages of news sites selected by Google News; The frequency of visits is very important (several times per hour)
It is whether GoogleBot came to visit his site by looking at the log files, or even more easily by installing RobotStats.

In english... ya it is like what stevo said

[Stevo]

?? no point in that post jus translated of luises ^^