- Note: Glenn does not want bots or spiders crawling through his private areas... Just an observation ... From: "Glenn" <Glenn@xxxxxxxxxx> > - > i think that they are limited to main pages and none of the private areas. > > At 06:19 PM 8/23/2004, Russ Wilner wrote: > > >- > >Is it not 'robots.txt' that can be configured to tell those 'bots (at = > >least > >the well-behaved ones) where and where not they can go on any given = > >site? > > > >Maybe you don't want to limit their probing. I'm just not sure I'd want = > >them > >crawling through every nook & crannie. > > > > > > -=3D Russ =3D- (Bot Fee) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 > > > [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glenn > > > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 18:11 > > > To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [GeoStL] interesting observation. Non-slaga related > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > - > > > I have been playing with the forum system for mogeo. When I=20 > > > am logged in,=20 > > > I can see when the google "spiders" and "web crawling bots"=20 > > > hit the site ,=20 > > > jump from page to page indexing the various pages. It is=20 > > > really weird, dont=20 > > > know how they figure out what to do and were to go or how the=20 > > > site was even=20 > > > there. The bots showed up just hours after turning the thing=20 > > > on and they=20 > > > visit often. > > >=20 > > > It has been up just a week and now googling just on "mogeo=20 > > > forums" will=20 > > > get you > > > mogeo.forumflash.com/index.php?act=3Didx that goes right to=20 > > > the site and it=20 > > > is 3rd on the list behind 2 other mogeo pages! Pretty neat=20 > > > and not bad. I=20 > > > thought you had to submit something to have the google bots=20 > > > come visit. > > >=20 > > > Bots and spiders.... sounds like something that would come=20 > > > out from under a=20 > > > log.. > > >=20 > > > --------------------- > > > Glenn > > >=20 > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > **************************************** > > > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com =20 > > > Mail List Info.=20 > > > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3Dgeocaching > > > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html=20 > > > **************************************** > > > To unsubscribe from this list: > > > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with=20 > > > 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > >=20 > > >=20 > > >=20 > > >=20 > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > > **************************************** > > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching > > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > > **************************************** > >To unsubscribe from this list: > > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in > > the Subject field > > **************************************** > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > **************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list: > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > > > **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field