Author Topic: Hey Jerry - Why all the spiders? (Read 3046 times)

Teresa · « **on:** September 13, 2006, 06:30:49 PM »

Seems like every time I've signed on today there's been at least one spider here. Several times there were two and once there were three!! What's up with that? We must be important to rate all the arachnids!!!!

karen J · « **Reply #1 on:** September 13, 2006, 07:38:59 PM »

We rock.

Sean · « **Reply #2 on:** September 13, 2006, 09:43:30 PM »

Hi Teresa,

The spiders are the different search engines looking over our forum and updating their information as they crawl the web. The three top spiders we get are from Google, Yahoo and MSN.

This is good news for us, it means the very information we post to the forum is being picked up by the top search engines and being made available to others as they search for information.

Cheers,
Sean

Jerry · « **Reply #3 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:07:01 PM »

Actually i did know this having been educated bt Sean a few months ago.
Spiders fine, Cockeroachs NO. We did have one as you know!

Krista · « **Reply #4 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:21:48 PM »

LMAO... I had a spider here today, only had 4 legs........... and then since it was trying to get into my hair it only had 0....... I draw the line at cuddling with spiders you realize. Snakes and octapuses are hard enough to deal with.........

EagleEye · « **Reply #5 on:** September 14, 2006, 05:18:41 AM »

Am I the only one that doesn't know what you are talking about?

Spiders???

Steve

Joyce · « **Reply #6 on:** September 14, 2006, 05:26:47 AM »

I've noticed them too Teresa.

Spiders are sort of like cyber robots that surf the internet for search engines like Google.
They find websites, gather info on them and then bring it back to the host search engine.

Teresa · « **Reply #7 on:** September 14, 2006, 05:55:16 AM »

Quote from: Jerry on September 13, 2006, 10:07:01 PM

Actually i did know this having been educated bt Sean a few months ago.
Spiders fine, Cockeroachs NO. We did have one as you know!

What the heck is a cockeroach?

I was just curious as to why so many in one day . . . . . I've seen them here before, but never so many at a time. Is Wednesday send out the bugs day?

Cindi · « **Reply #8 on:** September 14, 2006, 06:17:25 AM »

Quote from: eagleeye on September 14, 2006, 05:18:41 AM

Am I the only one that doesn't know what you are talking about?

Spiders???

Steve

Nope, because I don't either! $:-\$ Maybe it has to do with what server we use, but i've never seen them.

Ky Kim · « **Reply #9 on:** September 14, 2006, 06:37:52 AM »

I've never seen them either.

Ok, I saw them.

Kim

Teresa · « **Reply #10 on:** September 14, 2006, 07:37:50 AM »

If you look at the users online, the spiders are listed below the users. If they weren't, none of us would know when they are here. There's one on now.

Jerry · « **Reply #11 on:** September 14, 2006, 10:04:27 AM »

A cockeroach is the guy that hacked us. it is my term, sorry to confuse you all.

I can think of worse terms!

Teresa · « **Reply #12 on:** September 14, 2006, 11:41:53 AM »

Oh I get it! Won't confuse me again, Jerry! I think that's a pretty appropriate term and it's a heck of a lot nicer than the one I was using.

Cindi · « **Reply #13 on:** September 14, 2006, 12:48:50 PM »

Boy do I feel like an idiot!

You all were talking about seeing spiders and I was looking for a spider crawling across the bottom of the screen!

I now know what you are talking about.

EagleEye · « **Reply #14 on:** September 14, 2006, 01:00:13 PM »

I've just seen my first spider, how exciting

Steve

PondmaninAL · « **Reply #15 on:** September 14, 2006, 05:30:24 PM »

I'm still looking for spiders. Some one please enlighten me on what I am looking for before I go completely crazy.

Scott

Esther · « **Reply #16 on:** September 14, 2006, 05:54:23 PM »

This is the only time in my life I have wanted to see a spider.

Sean · « **Reply #17 on:** September 14, 2006, 06:03:44 PM »

On the main forum page, go down to the "Users Online" area. This where members, guests and "Spiders" can be seen when on line and viewing the forum. The only purpose behind having this feature installed was really for me to see when the major search engines were crawling our forum. Before this installed software, the spiders came up as Guests and I could never figure out why so many people were not logging into the site. This helps differentiate between search engines, members and true guests.

Cheers,
Sean

Joyce · « **Reply #18 on:** September 15, 2006, 05:26:12 AM »

Teresa · « **Reply #19 on:** September 15, 2006, 07:21:21 AM »

Now that's a spider!!!

JohnInFlorida · « **Reply #20 on:** September 15, 2006, 12:33:09 PM »

Joyce's pic made me dig for one of my own ... As Croc Dundee would say, "Now THAT's a spider!

the perspective between the spider and the ruler is a bit deceiving, but I wouldn't want her crawling up my pant leg!!!

Keep Smilin'
John

PondmaninAL · « **Reply #21 on:** September 15, 2006, 06:59:06 PM »

Those banana spiders are poisonous as well.

Scott

Jerry · « **Reply #22 on:** September 15, 2006, 10:44:46 PM »

Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch, daylight come and I wanna go home!