what are those BOTS I see listed as on line from google, msn and yahoo all the time?

Bots search websites for keywords so that they can report the links back to google for use by people searching for X, Y, or Z.

If someone is searching for "Commando", "Norton", "kill button" or "dead goat", google will send them here.

That kinda freaks me out.

Thanks for asking the question I wanted to but never did
Ian

How come they don't show up as "guests" like the other unregistered humans? Does this mean the BOTs are registered?

The way I see it, they should be forced to buy a Norton before being allowed to roam the pages, this way the value of Nortons would go up

Jean