Web site policy makers who use robots.txt files as gatekeepers to specify what is open and what is off limits to Web crawlers have a bias that favors Google over other search engines, say Penn State researchers whose study of more than 7,500 Web...
The study involved more than 7,500 websites, said C. Lee Giles, the David Reese Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, whose team developed a new search engine called BotSeer for the study.
"We expected that robots.txt files would treat...
Web-site policy makers are playing favorites, and Google is the big beneficiary, say Penn State researchers.
The research team created a search engine called BotSeer and used it to examine more than 7,500 Web sites. The team found a pro-Google bias...
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Web site policy makers who use robots.txt files as gatekeepers to specify what is open and what is off limits to Web crawlers have a bias that favors Google over other search engines, say Penn State researchers whose study of more than 7,500 Web...
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