"Google.com" in my Forum?

[andmunn]

Hi Guys,

I run invision board v.2.0.4. - I was browsing my board today when i notice there are "3 users online" , including "Google.com" - i know this isn't a registered member? Is this google spidering my message boards? Is this good?

Thanks,
Andrew.

[rogerd]

That was probably Googlebot, and in general spidering is a good thing if you hope to get search traffic. Too many spiders at once can cause a considerable load on your server and eat up bandwidth, but they are usually relatively well behaved.