# Google Spiders checking out the forum

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/google-spiders-checking-out-the-forum/106708>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 8, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/google-spiders-checking-out-the-forum/106708 "2004-04-08T02:52:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Legoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Legoman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Legoman)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/google-spiders-checking-out-the-forum/106708/1 "2004-04-08T02:52:53Z")

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Was just looking at Who’s Online, and there were about five Google Spiders. cool.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/google-spiders-checking-out-the-forum/106708/2 "2004-04-08T03:31:15Z")

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How do you know which are google spiders? :q:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/google-spiders-checking-out-the-forum/106708/3 "2004-04-08T03:34:44Z")

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> [@blah-de-blah](#):
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> How do you know which are google spiders? :q:

Because the username appears as Google Spider :sigh:  
😛

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/google-spiders-checking-out-the-forum/106708/4 "2004-04-08T03:38:13Z")

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oh, now i see it, never use to on the older kirupa forums 😛

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/google-spiders-checking-out-the-forum/106708/5 "2004-04-08T11:34:48Z")

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what;s a google spider?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/google-spiders-checking-out-the-forum/106708/6 "2004-04-08T11:59:29Z")

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It’s an automated google web bot that indexes pages so Google can search them.