I looked at our access logs here and noticed that Lycos' Web Robot(s??) uses
GET to request all non-image files/documents (.html. .txt, .ps....) and uses
HEAD to request various image files (.gif, .jpeg...)
what I don't understand - why doing even HEAD on the image files ? What is
the benefit of verifying the existance of images on the Web ? I can't think
of any .....
Does anyone know the reasoning behind Lycos' HEAD requests for images ?
Thanks,
Otis
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