What is Googlebot like?

Discussion in 'Google' started by AHA7, May 14, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hello,

    What is Googlebot like? Is it a PHP script or a script written in another programming language? Is it one script or many scripts? I am not talking about the 100 (or so) algos that Google implements in their SE. I am inquiring about the robot that visits my site and fetches my pages. What is it like?
     
    AHA7, May 14, 2007 IP
  2. flash9

    flash9 Banned

    Messages:
    338
    Likes Received:
    8
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #2
    i guess its just a simple php script which is instructed to follow every available link out there, well thats was the description i was given when i asked a similar question a few months ago.
     
    flash9, May 14, 2007 IP
  3. jabb

    jabb Peon

    Messages:
    1,019
    Likes Received:
    36
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #3
    I caught a googlebot last week, it looks like this.
     
    jabb, May 14, 2007 IP
  4. BlueDevilMedia

    BlueDevilMedia Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,917
    Likes Received:
    87
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    190
    #4
    Heard he was actually a she but with three arms and 7 legs...
     
    BlueDevilMedia, May 14, 2007 IP
  5. frisby

    frisby Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,378
    Likes Received:
    39
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    140
    #5
    Probably it is not php script. :p
     
    frisby, May 14, 2007 IP
  6. Pierce

    Pierce Active Member

    Messages:
    634
    Likes Received:
    26
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    95
    #6
    A php script dont make me laugh!

    If you bothered to look for the published paper about google pagerank it tells you all about the crawler.

    Its a python script, which can access 100 pages per second using 4 threads.

    Pierce
     
    Pierce, May 14, 2007 IP
  7. zinruss

    zinruss Notable Member

    Messages:
    3,288
    Likes Received:
    237
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    270
  8. mvandemar

    mvandemar Notable Member

    Messages:
    2,409
    Likes Received:
    307
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    230
    #8
    BWAHAHA! :D

    -Michael
     
    mvandemar, May 14, 2007 IP
  9. sparksflying

    sparksflying Peon

    Messages:
    1,066
    Likes Received:
    50
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
  10. ouromarketing

    ouromarketing Peon

    Messages:
    457
    Likes Received:
    24
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #10
    Actually, there are two bots, deepbot and freshbot, deepbot going through all the links he finds and freshbot searching for the new content.

    It was the case in 1998, but now capacities are clearly much higher --- it would take years and years for it to re-index all the Google's 10 billion+ pages index;)
     
    ouromarketing, May 14, 2007 IP
  11. guerilla

    guerilla Notable Member

    Messages:
    9,066
    Likes Received:
    262
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    200
    #11
    I find GoogleBot to be like the pretty girl you dated, but never really paid you much attention. Always talking on the phone or to someone else when you were out in public. Never replied to your letters when you served in the Peace Corp but still went out with you when you got back.

    And like that pretty girl, I'm pretty sure that GoogleBot has a future working in a grocery store checkout line, 60 pounds overweight and covered in too much makeup. :)
     
    guerilla, May 14, 2007 IP
    flash9 likes this.
  12. sparksflying

    sparksflying Peon

    Messages:
    1,066
    Likes Received:
    50
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #12
    lol guerilla.. I like it :)
     
    sparksflying, May 14, 2007 IP
  13. Pierce

    Pierce Active Member

    Messages:
    634
    Likes Received:
    26
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    95
    #13
    yeah thats from the start there was 4 servers i think? so that was 400 pages per second.

    I personally believe they have the capability to touch every domain on the internet every 20 minutes.

    Where is your source for 2 types of bots(fresh/deep bots)?

    Pierce
     
    Pierce, May 14, 2007 IP
  14. FastWeb

    FastWeb Peon

    Messages:
    812
    Likes Received:
    45
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #14
    I don't think there's a single Googlebot. There are probably 100's of thousands running at any given time and feeding information into batch servers that process the pages into the Google database.
     
    FastWeb, May 14, 2007 IP
  15. trichnosis

    trichnosis Prominent Member

    Messages:
    13,785
    Likes Received:
    333
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    300
    #15
    lol :D :D i will tell you to my big brother google:D;)
     
    trichnosis, May 14, 2007 IP
  16. tradeya

    tradeya Notable Member

    Messages:
    5,729
    Likes Received:
    275
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    230
    #16
    dang man. that scared me and make me laugh at the same time. :D
     
    tradeya, May 15, 2007 IP
  17. ben_polska

    ben_polska Peon

    Messages:
    296
    Likes Received:
    8
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #17
    damn i hate those googlebots. they're to ugly for me.
     
    ben_polska, May 15, 2007 IP
  18. awesty

    awesty Active Member

    Messages:
    247
    Likes Received:
    3
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    58
    #18

    holy ****!

    That is fast :O
     
    awesty, May 16, 2007 IP