Can someone tell me what these forum "spiders" are?

[hocko]

Andy????

[jaybam]

Hahhahahaha i remember asking the same thing once. Can't remember the answer either lol

[AndyP]

Mostly search engines collecting data.

[Jarro]

They're like trolls, but nastier.

[sms316]

The original internet spider.

http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html

[popper81]

The original internet spider.

http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html

How did you find this? It's gold.

[AndyP]

I don't know what the Facebook spiders are doing.

There are some classics on that website. The missing cat one is good too.

http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html

(http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html)

[sms316]

How did you find this? It's gold.
Sadly, I just realised that I posted it in Jaybam's spider thread as well.

http://www.ozgolf.net/showthread.php/19791-What-the-hell-is-a-spider?