robots.txt

HipCrime (HipCrime@HipCrime.com)
Wed, 20 Nov 1996 13:13:26 -0800


Erik Selberg <selberg@cs.washington.edu> wrote:

> Therefore, it is unclear to me if robots.txt is appropriate;

And this is a very important point. For anything to ever be
considered as a standard (much less actually BE one), it must
define clearly what is and is not included. Many client-agent
programs are appearing, and it's my opinion that most of them
are mis-classified as "robots".

Maybe you should call this the "agents.txt" file, develop a
standard for client-driven, user-controlled agents. This is
distinctly different from the concept of a "robot" (i.e. NOT
human-controlled).

... Robert
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