Gebruiker:Andre Engels/Slide 1
What is a bot?[bewerken | brontekst bewerken]
Definition: Anything that contacts a webpage as if it were browser, but is not a browser
Buzzword: Agent
Two groups:
- Reading (e.g. Googlebot)
- Editing (e.g. Pywikipediabot)
Advantages[bewerken | brontekst bewerken]
- Speed
- Accuracy
- Boring and repetitive tasks
- Uniformity
Disadvantages[bewerken | brontekst bewerken]
- Programming errors
- Clueless operators
- Vandalbots/spambots
- Clutter