"Kite-Hourly" Intomi spider

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[grnidone]

Any idea what the "Kite Hourly" part means?

Robot209.185.141.226~Slurp/2.0-KiteHourly ([email protected];[inktomi.com ])

Thanks,
-G

[littleman]

Well, it is in a known Ink class C. It hasn't hit my sites, but it looks like one of the many Slurp variants. Did it hit your root page? Subpages?

[Brett_Tabke]

I've always assumed it was the link verifier. Usually the standard slurp comes along 12-24hrs later.