Google Spider

[Maggie]

Could someone tell me what Google Spider is. He is always on the currently addicted list and I am intrigued.

[Happy]

Spider. A program that automatically fetches web pages and feeds them to search engines. (It's called a "spider" because it crawls around the web.) Because most web pages contain links to and from other pages, a spider can start almost anywhere. As soon as it recognizes a link to another page, it goes off and fetches it.



So when someone uses a search engine, such a google, a 'spider' is sent to find the information requested.

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[Dave]

Such a fabulous beastie too :) (Maybe we should have a contest to depict one)