The Web Robots Pages

Web Robots are programs that traverse the Web automatically. Some people call them Web Wanderers, Crawlers, or Spiders. These pages have further information about these Web Robots.
Robots Exclusion
Find out what you can do to direct robots that visit your Web site.
 
A List of Robots
 A database of currently known robots, with descriptions and contact details.
 
The Robots Mailing List
 An archived mailing list for discussion of technical aspects of designing, building, and operating Web Robots.
 
Articles and Papers
Background reading for people interested in Web Robots