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raziel · Sep 16th, 2004, 9:44 AM

what is a spider?

Berto · Sep 16th, 2004, 9:55 AM

depends in what sense a spider is an arachned (cant speel) that has legs 8 if i am right (okay i am tired).

But in the sense of the web a spider is a web crawler, in looks through websites following links throughout the entire internet.

As in the case of google the basics of page rank is a bot(spider/webc crawler) trapcing through all the web pages on the internet checking how many different places link to your website and depending on teh amount depends on your rank in the search engine.

From google:

Web spider
Software used by search engines to locate new Web pages for their document databases.

raziel · Sep 16th, 2004, 10:03 AM

spiders are legal right?

big_k105 · Sep 16th, 2004, 10:13 AM

yeah they are

raziel · Sep 16th, 2004, 10:17 AM

how do you add the solved thing or whatever that we where asked to put?

raziel · Sep 16th, 2004, 10:20 AM

nevermind I found it

Infinite Recursion · Sep 16th, 2004, 2:47 PM

Although its solved... just want to let you guys know that spiders are super easy to write... rather fun as well... makes for some good malicious code if you know what you are doing also

Sep 16th, 2004, 9:55 AM	#2
Berto Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,022 Rep Power: 6	depends in what sense a spider is an arachned (cant speel) that has legs 8 if i am right (okay i am tired). But in the sense of the web a spider is a web crawler, in looks through websites following links throughout the entire internet. As in the case of google the basics of page rank is a bot(spider/webc crawler) trapcing through all the web pages on the internet checking how many different places link to your website and depending on teh amount depends on your rank in the search engine. From google: Web spider Software used by search engines to locate new Web pages for their document databases. __________________ "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity." - Albert Einstein

Sep 16th, 2004, 10:13 AM	#4
big_k105 PFO Founder Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 1,650 Rep Power: 10	yeah they are __________________ BIG K aka Kyle Programming Forums Kyle K Online Please do not PM or email me programming questions. Post them in the forums instead.

Sep 16th, 2004, 2:47 PM	#7
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	Although its solved... just want to let you guys know that spiders are super easy to write... rather fun as well... makes for some good malicious code if you know what you are doing also __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

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