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Which search engine bots continuously crawl the web to index pages?

1. Crawlers
2. Bots
3. Spiders
4. Agents

Correct answer: Spiders

Solution

Search engine programs that continuously crawl the web to discover and index pages are called 'spiders' (or web crawlers, web robots). Google's crawler is called 'Googlebot'. The term 'spider' comes from the analogy of spinning a web across the internet.

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