Anonymous Users?

[Lisa21]

Are they the big ones that run out from behind the telly only to stop, make sure you've seen them, then disappear so that you can't really be sure where they went, or where they'll turn up next?

Yep...thats them

And they have legs hairier longer than mine

 

[Norm]

Just for Lisa...

 

[Lisa21]

Just for Lisa...

FAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[uphillstruggler]

They go through the web and "read" each thread and add it to their databases along with URL's and dates etc.

Then, when someone searches for that term, they look through their own databases, find the word / phrase and list the links to the URLs on their results pages.

Witchcraft!

 

[Cardiac]

Witchcraft!

Maybe - but it's what often makes it easier to fund stuff on forums by using Google than by using the forum's own search facilities.

e.g Google for spider searchbot site:cyclechat.net and you'll find this very thread (the site: directive when Googling is very useful if you know where something should be located).

 

[Norm]

(the site: directive when Googling is very useful if you know where something should be located).

Indeed, that's one of my most used switches, it's better than almost any site's own search tools and especially handy for those webmasters who think they are being clever by not listing a search option.

 

[Shaun]

One of the times it comes in very handy is when searching for three letter words/phrases/abbreviations etc. since most PHP/MySQL based sites have the 4 letter minimum default restrictions set.

Note: It's been modified to three letters on CC to allow us all to search for things like MPH, GPS, etc.