# Loads of similarities between MSN bot and google bot

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**Created:** [September 8, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loads-of-similarities-between-msn-bot-and-google-bot/121924 "2004-09-08T17:59:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![T\_O](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@T\_O](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/T_O)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loads-of-similarities-between-msn-bot-and-google-bot/121924/1 "2004-09-08T17:59:51Z")

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Did Microsoft go… copy/past… with the Faq? :sigh:

> [@Micro$oft](#):
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> \<META NAME=“robots” CONTENT=“noindex”\> MSNBot will retrieve the document, but it will not index it.  
> \<META NAME=“robots” CONTENT=“nofollow”\> MSNBot will not follow links to other documents.

> [@Google](#):
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> \<META NAME=“robots” CONTENT=“noindex”\> Googlebot will retrieve the document, but it will not index the document.  
> \<META NAME=“robots” CONTENT=“nofollow”\> Googlebot will not follow any links that are present on the page to other documents.