Cahill Trials Kid Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Right if you go to the home page of TF and scroll down it tells you which users are online, But what ive never understood is why does it say google and yahoo are online And there not just users names because you cant click on them to see there profile, Dunno if anyone else have ever noticed but its always made me a little confuzled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borat Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Right if you go to the home page of TF and scroll down it tells you which users are online, But what ive never understood is why does it say google and yahoo are online And there not just users names because you cant click on them to see there profile, Dunno if anyone else have ever noticed but its always made me a little confuzled They're bots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 I cant remember the correct term, but the search this forum and put the results on google and yahoo Infact, if you google that sentance in a few hours time, this page will come up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 I cant remember the correct term, but the search this forum and put the results on google and yahoo Infact, if you google that sentance in a few hours time, this page will come up.... Indexing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Search engine spider, isn't it? Looks for new pages on websites, and checks to see old pages haven't gone awol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Yep spiders. The forum is awashed with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 I cant remember the correct term, but the search this forum and put the results on google and yahoo Infact, if you google that sentance in a few hours time, this page will come up.... google Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 (edited) Yeah. You have to watch out what you write on here. If you've ever put your full name on here, chances are if you google it, it will link to T-F. Then your mum will see all the naughty comments and bullying you do to fellow forums peeps! Edited May 12, 2010 by Mr Motivator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 google Erm... It doesn't come up? Least not in my results. Tried putting quotation marks round it too but that came up with nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirt jumper jake Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 Personally i just think google are a bunch of nosey wankers, who the f**k needs street view afterall? might be a good terrorist aid though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 You'd be amazed how much data Google holds. If you're logged into a session in any google product, (Gmail etc), they log every search you make and it's stored linked to your account, so they know every search that has ever been made from that account. They also log the IPs you've used, and use that to log your rough location... If you're not logged in, they only have your IP and location. But say if you search for some dirty illegal pictures on Google image and you're logged into Gmail, they will then know the search terms, which pictures you then used, what time, where you were when you did it, and because of your Gmail account, they know your address, name, phone numbers and all the rest. If you ask me this is a good thing, it will help to catch peadophiles and terrorists and other such villains, but it makes you wonder just how far the Big Brother thing has already taken effect. The main reason for doing this though is to track how people use Google and see how trends in what people are searching for change and that kinda thing. I'd like to have a search history personally, because I often search and find something, but can never find it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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