WTF is a yahoo slurp spider?

[SwitchBlade327]

I dunno if this has been brough up before, but I just noticed while looking at "who's online" and down with the guests it said there were several "yahoo slurp spider"s online. What the hell is that?

[50chevy]

It is a program that searches webpages for information.

More info here (http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/slurp/)

[Thirdyfivepickup]

I dunno if this has been brough up before, but I just noticed while looking at "who's online" and down with the guests it said there were several "yahoo slurp spider"s online. What the hell is that?
I dunno, but it makes me feel kinda horny.:)