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Post by Z4C_er » Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:11 am

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I mean they are everywhere. Are they actually listed as members? How was this authorised? Was it voted for?
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Post by greg81 » Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:16 am

Z4C_er wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:11 am ggle.JPG
I mean they are everywhere. Are they actually listed as members? How was this authorised? Was it voted for?
They are not members. They are identified by their user agent token and are essential to get the good (and bad) content of this website into search engines

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Post by Z4C_er » Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:22 am

greg81 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:16 am
Z4C_er wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:11 am ggle.JPG
I mean they are everywhere. Are they actually listed as members? How was this authorised? Was it voted for?
They are not members. They are identified by their user agent token and are essential to get the good (and bad) content of this website into search engines
Thanks for the reply. I'm becoming increasingly wary of this internet superpower. They seem to be infiltrating a lot of our lives.
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Post by enuff_zed » Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:48 am

Z4C_er wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:22 am
greg81 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:16 am
Z4C_er wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:11 am ggle.JPG
I mean they are everywhere. Are they actually listed as members? How was this authorised? Was it voted for?
They are not members. They are identified by their user agent token and are essential to get the good (and bad) content of this website into search engines
Thanks for the reply. I'm becoming increasingly wary of this internet superpower. They seem to be infiltrating a lot of our lives.
Just need a decent virus checker :poke: :D
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Post by Z4C_er » Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:04 pm

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Post by buzyg » Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:08 pm

yup, if you don't want your posts and photo's sharing on Google then post them on an private forum. This is a puplic forum when all said and done. I use the google search engine as much as the internal search engine when I'm looking for content on here. It's a great service on the whole. :)
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Post by buzyg » Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:08 pm

enuff_zed wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:48 am
Z4C_er wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:22 am
greg81 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:16 am They are not members. They are identified by their user agent token and are essential to get the good (and bad) content of this website into search engines
Thanks for the reply. I'm becoming increasingly wary of this internet superpower. They seem to be infiltrating a lot of our lives.
Just need a decent virus checker :poke: :D
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Post by greg81 » Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:27 pm

Z4C_er wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:22 amThey seem to be infiltrating a lot of our lives.
These things have been around for 20+ years

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Post by Z4C_er » Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:57 pm

greg81 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:27 pm
Z4C_er wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:22 amThey seem to be infiltrating a lot of our lives.
These things have been around for 20+ years
Not Google.
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Post by kic_Mike » Fri Apr 03, 2020 1:02 pm

As everyone says, these are bots that crawl the site for SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) purposes - feeding back to Google what's on here so you can find things by searching on Google - they're not going to take over the world so don't worry.

However if you do want to worry, Google shouldn't be your biggest concern - it should be Amazon :evil:
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Post by greg81 » Fri Apr 03, 2020 1:05 pm

Z4C_er wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:57 pm Not Google.
Googles bots have been crawling sites since day dot

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Post by scootr » Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:49 pm

Some web store operators pay G bots to crawl their site and list them on google. These bots will even go so far as to suggest key words for more search results.
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Post by Jfgoldfish » Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:12 pm

Z4C_er wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:11 am they're not going to take over the world so don't worry.
Famous last words :P
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Post by groovy_hippy » Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:31 pm

Have a read of Orwell’s book 1984 ... that’ll put the scarers on... I won’t have an Alexa in my house that’s for sure!!
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Post by Jfgoldfish » Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:43 pm

groovy_hippy wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:31 pm I won’t have an Alexa in my house that’s for sure!!
My Mrs keeps telling me to be nicer to our Alexa!!
Says 'you will regret it when they take over' !!

Realistically, owning a mobile phone, a computer, using the internet... It all reduces our actual privacy.
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