Is Indexing and Scraping the same thing?

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by rederick, Mar 24, 2009.

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    Hello,

    If Google is "Indexing" is the same as saying Google is "Scraping" ?

    Sorry for such little information - but I am dealing with a touchy subject - but I wanted to get some other peoples thoughts on this question.

    I feel that Google's indexing is not Scraping.
     
    rederick, Mar 24, 2009 IP
  2. tobycoke

    tobycoke Well-Known Member

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    1) IMHO much depends on the purpose of collecting & use of the data collected.

    2) Google will obey data owner's wishes thru the robots meta-tags (no-follow, no-index) but scrapers typically won't.
     
    tobycoke, Mar 24, 2009 IP