Google Bots

Unknown · 01-22-2005, 09:11 PM

Is it normal or good to have a googlebot on your site almost everyday?

RJ · 01-22-2005, 10:12 PM

It's normal, and a good thing, if you want your site indexed in Google.

Veolus · 01-23-2005, 01:51 AM

Its normal

Michau · 02-02-2005, 10:27 PM

Is is normal, and in fact it is very good, Google visits highly ranked pages more often that other ones.

dc1pop · 02-03-2005, 05:39 AM

Well googlebot seems to visit me everyday and stays for a few hours must be a good sign

daSilvia · 02-03-2005, 06:08 AM

Please pardon my ignorance, but how do you know if a googlebot has visited your page? Is it because you guys have your own servers and know every ip address that comes to your sites?

Thanx
Randal

cerebus · 02-03-2005, 12:13 PM

There are two ways to know. One being IP adresses and ,a lot more common, by readin the user agent string. Most people know cause their host provides statistics (often with AWstats) that shows crawler activity among other things.

sunken · 02-03-2005, 01:39 PM

Google spends a lot more time at forums it seems as well. Since my forum got picked up on Google, it seems to spend a lot of time there each day checking for new posts.

CrazyTech · 02-03-2005, 02:37 PM

Yep, check the stats - most control panels include awstats at least. Not sure whether or not all the others offer stats on bots. Also, there are scripts and many forums also have the ability to recognize search engine spiders.

The Google bot, amongst others, is on my website several times a day. If you want to get listed, then this is how you do it.

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Veolus Account Closed Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 4,308	Its normal

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cerebus NamePros Regular Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 395	There are two ways to know. One being IP adresses and ,a lot more common, by readin the user agent string. Most people know cause their host provides statistics (often with AWstats) that shows crawler activity among other things.

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CrazyTech NamePros Expert Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 5,043	Yep, check the stats - most control panels include awstats at least. Not sure whether or not all the others offer stats on bots. Also, there are scripts and many forums also have the ability to recognize search engine spiders. The Google bot, amongst others, is on my website several times a day. If you want to get listed, then this is how you do it.

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