Is Yahoo's Spider Inktomi?

[sirkei]

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me whether yahoo spider is inktomi slurp or is there any other spiders? i paid for fast inclusion into yahoo and can only see inktomi visiting my site. is there a bot called yahoo bot?

Thanks for any advice.

[volatilegx]

Yahoo owns Inktomi, so yes. Yahoo has several spiders. I believe all of them identify themselves as belonging to Yahoo except possibly Fast's.