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"Trolling" is fine, see e.g. https://grammarist.com/usage/trawl-troll/#:~:text=Troll%20for%20means%20to%20patrol%20or%20wander%20about,troll%20are%20often%20mix
by giardini 5y ago
"Trolling" is fine, see e.g. https://grammarist.com/usage/trawl-troll/#:~:text=Troll%20for%20means%20to%20patrol%20or%20wander%20about,troll%20are%20often%20mixed%20up%20in%20these%20uses https://grammarist.com/usage/trawl-troll/#:~:text=Troll%20fo....
- GrinningFool 5y agoNot in this context - "trolling" as described there would apply to targeted indexing of a specific site; while "trawling" would refer to a wide net that attempts to catch all the sites.
- romwell 5y agoWell, no, it's not fine. See e.g. the source you linked, which explains the difference.
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- giardini 5y agoDid you read to the end? Methinks not!
- romwell 5y ago>Did you read to the end? Methinks not! Methink harder. >Troll for means to patrol or wander about an area in search of something. Trawl for means to search through or gather from a variety of sources. We were talking about gathering information from a variety of sources to build a search engine index.