thirty-two

I've noticed as of late that there are like twice as many guests on at one time compared to registered users. But a lot of them are from Google's Spider.

Now I don't know what the spider is, but it's a form of Google's search engine thing, right?

I wonder what was spidered to get here. Any thoughts?

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Brevity

I noticed the same thing but didn't have a clue what "Google spider" is.

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FischerKing

it's a digital arachnid...it's on the web so that makes sense doesn't it?

shawn

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Brian in Mesa

WNBA? Mercury? Taurasi?

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thirty-two

I think it seems to happen mostly at night. Cuz right now (1:19am) there are 12 users on and 29 guests... and most of them are Google Spider guests.

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Shawn

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you win, you are still retarded..."

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thirty-two

WHOO HOO someone just Google Spidered The X-Files Thread!

[austin powers] YEAH BABY [/austin powers]

So really, has this been resolved yet? Does anyone know what a Google spider is? Why the sudden influx? And just why is the sky blue?

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jw7

A google spider is a program used by google to put content in their search engine database. They go around the web, "read" web pages, and index every word so when people do google searches, they get a link back to the website.

There are certain times of the month when they go bananas, that would explain the 150+ guests the other day. Other times they are rather dormant.

Google spiders are a good thing, it increases the chances that people will find the site when they type in "Assface is stupid" or whatnot.

Another factor that influences how high a search term shows up in a google search is "page rank". The biggest factor that affects page rank is how many web pages link to the site. So if you like ASFN, and have a web page, consider putting a link to ASFN in there, it would help out!

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bratwurst

I think soon we will be the authority site on counterstrike tournaments and pay phones sales.

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CQ

You know, it's sentences like that that remind me why I keep coming back to this site! I read that and instantly recalled all the fall-on-the-floor-laughing stuff I've read on this site, including the pay phone thread! ROFL!

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thirty-two

Thanks Jay-Dub!!!

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jw7

For what it's worth, ASFN is now the #1 google search result on the planet for "Pay phones for sale great accessory"

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...reat+accessory
So the google spiders are working. And if you need a pay phone, and think it would make a great accessory for a game room or whatnot, google will direct you to the right place.

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thirty-two

Good job google spiders! Good job ASFN! Good job Phill!

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BleedingPurple

Web spiders, like their eight legged arachnid namesakes, are very beneficial.

In fact, there are ways to fine-tune this software to entice them to come around more; something of an ether roach or cricket, if you will.

Google, Yahoo, MSN, Looksmart, Alta Vista - all have nice spiders, so put the Raid and the DDT away!

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