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I'm now imagining what someone from those days would make of your post about their contact info being picked up by "robots and spiders." :D
by FactolSarin 8y ago
I'm now imagining what someone from those days would make of your post about their contact info being picked up by "robots and spiders." :D
- abritinthebay 8y agoWeb Spiders have been around since ‘94 and the spider terminology for mapping networks is even older so they’d likely get it.
- insulanus 8y agoOh geez. Webcrawler, and robots.txt. There was no SEO, just "don't overwhelm my modem / ISDN connection / T1". It's been a while!
- abritinthebay 8y agoA lot more interesting protocols too! I miss gopher & finger