What's a "spider"?
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:34 am
by Aquarius
Okay, down where it says who's online, I'm used to seeing bots, and I know they're no big deal.
But today, for the first time, I've seen something calling itself a "spider". What the heck is that, and do we need to be worried about it?
Thanks.
Re: What's a "spider"?
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 12:29 pm
by mjimeyg
An eight-legged arachnid.... KILL IT!
Ok, so it's a bit like a bot. Search engines like google use them to go through the web and make sure data is up to date.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_crawlerNothing really to worry about unless you don't want our site cataloged. But there are fixes for that.
Re: What's a "spider"?
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:51 pm
by Aquarius
Thanks!
Just wanted to make sure because "spider" sounds less benign than a "bot."
Re: What's a "spider"?
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:58 pm
by Kevin Thomas Riley
Isn't Spider the nickname for the Lunar Module?
