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djbaxter

09-03-2010 09:00 PM

Add BingBot to spiders.xml

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Microsoft's new BingBot is now in operation, along with MSNBot which will eventually be phased out.

To add BingBot to your spiders list, edit /includes/xml/spiders_vbulletin.xml as follows:

FIND at line 26:

Code:

        <spider ident="MSNBOT">

                <name>MSNBot</name>

        </spider>

ADD BELOW:

Code:

        <spider ident="BingBot">

                <name>BingBot</name>

                <email>bingbot@microsoft.com</email>

        </spider>

Add below that:

Code:

        <spider ident="bingbot/2.0">

                <name>BingBot</name>

                <info>http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm</info>

                <email>bingbot@microsoft.com</email>

        </spider>

I have seen both identifiers for BingBot on my forum. The second addition seems to have replaced the first one which I haven't see for a while now. For the time being, I've added both versions to my XML file.

sticky

09-04-2010 01:30 PM

Does this help the search engine in any way?

djbaxter

09-04-2010 01:33 PM

No. It just allows you to see which bots are crawling your site and how many, depending on which add-ons you use.

With no add-ons, it should show BingBot in Who's On-Line.

COL NIL SATIS

09-04-2010 02:02 PM

thanks!!!:up:

Dr.osamA

09-04-2010 03:01 PM

installed + 5 Stars

thanxx man

Videx

09-07-2010 12:35 AM

FYI, the "official" spiders.xml list is here.

djbaxter

09-07-2010 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Videx (Post 2094835)

FYI, the "official" spiders.xml list is here.

Thanks. I know about that list but it's overkill for me. I don't need to see every spider in the world - just the major search engine spiders, which are included with the vBulletin spiders.xml file.

The point of this mod was to update the standard file to include Bingbot which is now crawling.

djbaxter

09-07-2010 01:19 AM

Also, I just checked the latest list at Wolfshead and they don't have BingBot listed there - they have something labeled Bing but it's MSNBot. (Actually, they have a few labeled Bing but they're all actually MSNBot variations.)

The designation for the real BingBot above comes from Microsoft.

Videx

09-07-2010 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djbaxter (Post 2094856)

Also, I just checked the latest list at Wolfshead and they don't have BingBot listed there...

Hopefully they will shortly after you report it.

MichaelDance

09-23-2010 10:02 PM

Thank you so much

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