Re: googlebot.com

From: Jennifer Laycock <jlaycock_at_marketfundamentals.net>
Date: Wed 01 Oct 2003 09:48:52 -0500

Tony Veltri asked: "Can someone explain what the googlebot is? It tends to
visit quite often everyday."

Tony should count himself as a lucky man. Millions of webmasters pour time,
money and extraordinary effort into getting Googlebot to visit them on a
daily basis.

Googlebot is the "bot" or "spider" that the Google search engine sends out
into the Internet to find and index Web sites. So, when Googlebot comes to
your site, it means that Google is looking for the latest and greatest about
your company. Google tends to visit sites that frequently update their
content more often than stagnant sites, so content rich sites are usually
indexed more often.

Tony, and others, can view a complete list of search engine robots at the
"Web Robots Database." (http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/active.html)

Jennifer Laycock
Market Fundamentals - http://www.marketfundamentals.net
About's Guide to Web Search - http://websearch.about.com






Received on Wed Oct 01 2003 - 09:48:52 CDT