Wherefore All the "Spiders"?

[il ragno]

I thought I was the only "spider" here, but a glance at the Currently Viewing list features half a dozen "Yahoo Slurp Spider"s and "MSN Spider"s as well.

WTF?!?

[Jimbo Gomez]

All caught in your web awaiting being cannibalized?

[OVERWATCH]

Until a week or so ago, they were here just the same, but not being displayed.

[il ragno]

How is it possible for four or five people to register here with the exact same username?

[OVERWATCH]

How is it possible for four or five people to register here with the exact same username?

If you mean the web crawlers, they aren't registered here as members.

[Ambrosio Spinola]

Its people searching for some subject on msn or yahoo and finding some topic on this site that links them directly if I´m not wrong. Guests can navigate and read the forums but like anyone else need to be a member in order to post.

[A. Radek]

Its people searching for some subject on msn or yahoo and finding some topic on this site that links them directly if I´m not wrong. Guests can navigate and read the forums but like anyone else need to be a member in order to post.

True. I see 'Google' online at a lot of forums quite a bit.