Search engine robots that visit your web site Contents of this page Search engine robots and others Browsers Link Checkers, Link monitors and bookmark managers Validators FTP clients and download managers Research projects Software packages Offline browsers and other agents Other miscellaneous agents Sites that regularly visit Other useful sites ...And finally, some fakers Awards for this page Search engines and other sites send robots to read and index your pages. This page reverses that process and indexes the robots. This information has been gleaned by looking at the server logs for www.jafsoft.com. You can read a detailed description of how we hunt spiders Whenever a page is read from a web site, the log file records a number of details including the time, the IP address and usually the referrer page and the user agent. You can see this in our analysis of a server log sample. Unlike many pages that list web robots, this page actually tries to go visit the robots themselves. Where possible links are provided to the robots home pages, and descriptions are given of what they're up to. This page is updated regularly as more information is found (the last update was on 30-Jan-2006). Well behaved robots will identify themselves, often supplying web or email addresses you can contact. In any case, the pattern of pages being read and the IP addresses being used soon sorts the men from the robots. Good robots will read robots.txt to see what your site policy is, but there are other ways of spotting robots. In addition to the search engine robots, other "user agents" will visit your site, e.g. to validate links to your site from other people's pages. Often these will just access the HEAD of the file, rather than doing a GET on the whole file. You can also visit our page describing the engines in some detail. This page is regularly converted from this text file by the author's own text to HTML converter AscToHTM. The last update was on 30-Jan-2006. This software is available as shareware (cost $30) Search engine robots and others The following table lists the search engines that spider the web, the IP addresses that they use, and the robot names they send out to visit your site. Version numbers are usually included in the robot names, but are omitted here except where it implies a visit from a different IP address or (as in inktomi) a different search engine. Often multiple IP addresses are used, in which case we just give a flavour of the names or numbers. Inktomi is a company that offers search engine technology and is used by a number of sites (e.g. www.snap.com and www.hotbot.com) Wherever appears this indicates a number of different digits may be used. Home page/search engine Robot identifier IP address(es) www.abacho.com AbachoBOT srv-ze-robot1.tricus.com www.abcdatos.com abcdatos_botlink http://www.abcdatos.com/botlink/ 217.126.39.167 www.aesop.com AESOP_com_SpiderMan 209.189.115.49 www.ah-ha.com ah-ha.com crawler (crawler@ah-ha.com) c7pub-216-250-141-186.center7.com www.alexa.com ia_archiver green.alexa.com sarah.alexa.com www.altavista.com Scooter Mercator Scooter2_Mercator_3-1.0 roach.smo.av.com-1.0 Tv_Merc_resh_26_1_D-1.0 test-scooter.pa.alta-vista.net brillo.pa.alta-vista.net av-dev4.pa.alta-vista.net scooter.aveurope.co.uk bigip1-snat.sv.av.com mercator.pa-x.dec.com scooter.pa.alta-vista.net election2000crawl-complaints-to-admin.webresearch.pa-x.dec.com scooter.sv.av.com avfwclient.sv.av.com tv.sv.av.com www.altavista.co.uk AltaVista-Intranet jan.gelin@av.com host-119.altavista.se www.alltheweb.com FAST-WebCrawler crawler@fast.no 209.67.247.154 www.fast.no/faq/faqfastwebsearch/faqfastwebcrawler.html Wget ext-gw.trd.fast.no www.acoon.de Acoon Robot 194.231.42.178 www.antisearch.net antibot 62.210.155.50 www.atomz.com Atomz router-sc.atomz.com index.atomz.com www.axmo.com AxmoRobot 194.248.208.82 www.buscaplus.com Buscaplus Robi http://www.buscaplus.com/robi/ www.canseek.ca CanSeek/ support@canseek.ca 216.168.111.111 www.christcrawler.com/search.cfm ChristCRAWLER http://www.christcrawler.com/ 207.191.111.231 www.clush.com Clushbot http://www.clush.com/bot.html 209.249.80.242 www.crawler.de Crawler admin@crawler.de crawlit.crawler.de www.daadle.com DaAdLe.com ROBOT/ 216.12.213.32 www.daum.net RaBot Agent-admin/ phortse@hanmail.net contact/jylee@kies.co.kr 210.183.28.46 211.50.57.6 RaBot Agent-admin/ webmaster@kisco.go.kr 202.30.94.34 www.en.deepindex.com DeepIndex deepindex.net1.nerim.net www.ditto.com DittoSpyder 65.169.94.188 domanova.co.uk Jack www.earthcom.info EARTHCOM.info 194.108.39.74 www.entireweb.com Speedy Spider 62.13.25.209 www.excite.com ArchitextSpider Musical instrumentss are used in the name such as viola.excite.com cello.excite.com piano.excite.com kazoo.excite.com ride.excite.com sabian.excite.com sax.excite.com bugle.excite.com snare.excite.com ziljian.excite.com bongos.excite.com maturana.excite.com mandolin.excite.com piccolo.excite.com kettle.excite.com ichiban.excite.com (and the rest of the band) more recently first names are being used like philip.excite.com peter.excite.con perdita.excite.com macduff.excite.com agouti.excite.com (excite) ArchitectSpider crimpshrine.atext.com ichiban.atext.com www.eurip.com EuripBot 81.169.172.30 www.euroseek.net Arachnoidea arachnoidea@euroseek.net 212.209.54.134 www.ezresults.com EZResult 216.28.23.59 www.fastsearch.net Fast PartnerSite Crawler FAST Data Search Crawler FAST Data Search Document Retriever psprdcrw001.sac2.fastsearch.net 65.198.110.185 69.38.159.128 www.fireball.de KIT-Fireball ???? http://france.misesajour.com/ france.misesajour.com 66.98.210.71 www.fybersearch.com FyberSearch 69.49.241.9 www.galaxy.com GalaxyBot http://www.galaxy.com/galaxybot.html 63.121.41.175 www.geckobot.com geckobot ???.rdc1.az.coxatwork.com www.gendoor.com (Genealogical Search Engine) GenCrawler ???? www.geona.com GeonaBot 69.59.142.17 www.getrax.com getRAX 81.169.156.246 www.google.com Googlebot googlebot@googlebot.com http://googlebot.com/ c.googlebot.com www.goo.ne.jp moget/2.0 moget@goo.ne.jp 202.229.31.13 www.girafa.com Aranha Aranha.girafa.com (inktomi) Slurp.so/1.0 slurp@inktomi.com q2004.inktomisearch.com j5006.inktomisearch.com (inktomi) Slurp/2.0j slurp@inktomi.com www.inktomisearch.com 202.212.5.34 goo313.goo.ne.jp (inktomi) Slurp/2.0-KiteHourly slurp@inktomi.com; www.inktomi.com/slurp.html y400.inktomi.com (inktomi) Slurp/2.0-OwlWeekly spider@aeneid.com www.inktomi.com/slurp.html 209.185.143.198 (inktomi) Slurp/3.0-AU slurp@inktomi.com j6000.inktomi.com http://hoppa.com/ (need V5 browsers to view) Toutatis 2.5-2 tisnix.xs4all.nl www.hubat.com Hubater 209.114.176.250 www.almaden.ibm.com (research centre) http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/crawler wfp2.almaden.ibm.com www.iltrovatore.it IlTrovatore-Setaccio 213.26.21.8 www.incywincy.com IncyWincy 64.81.243.66 www.infoseek.com UltraSeek InfoSeek Sidewinder cde2c923.infoseek.com cde2c91f.infoseek.com cca26215.infoseek.com www.intags.de Mole2/1.0 webmaster@intags.de 217.160.75.10 http://mp3bot.de/ MP3Bot <..> www.ip3000.com C-PBWF-ip3000.com-crawler ip3000.com-crawler www.ip3000.com www.istarthere.com http://www.istarthere.com spider@istarthere.com 66.220.24.80 www.knowledge.com Knowledge.com/ 213.170.2.69 www.kuloko.com kuloko-bot/0.2 66.90.81.41 www.lexis-nexis.com LNSpiderguy firewall5.lexis-nexis.com www.linknz.co.nz Linknzbot 202.191.32.67 www.look.com lookbot magma.com www.looksmart.com MantraAgent fjupiter.looksmart.com www.loopimprovements.com (see also www.incywincy.com) NetResearchServer www.loopimprovements.com/robot.html leg-64-133-109-250-STK.sprinthome.com www.lycos.com Lycos_Spider_(T-Rex) bos-spider.bos.lycos.com 216.35.194.188 www.joocer.com JoocerBot 80.46.38.169 www.mirago.co.uk HenryTheMiragoRobot 194.202.39.46 www.mojeek.com MojeekBot ??? www.mozdex.com mozDex/ (within comcast.net) http://search.msn.com/ MSNBOT/0.1 http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm) 131.107.163.47 www.navadoo.com Navadoo Crawler ??? www.northernlight.com Gulliver marvin.northernlight.com taz.northernlight.com www.objectssearch.com ObjectsSearch/0.01 68.88.244.177 http://szukaj.onet.pl/ OnetSzukaj/ ??? www.picosearch.com PicoSearch/ pipe.picosearch.com www.portaljuice.com PJspider timber.nextopia.com www.powerinter.net but it won't let us in :-( DIIbot node-d8e93393.powerinter.net http://navi.ocn.ne.jp/ nttdirectory_robot super-robot@super.navi.ocn.ne.jp griffon griffon@super.navi.ocn.ne.jp lilis00.navi.ocn.ne.jp lilis04.navi.ocn.ne.jp www.maxbot.com Spider/maxbot.com admin@maxbot.com search.wport.com ??? various (fakes agent on each access) pool0058.cvx2-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ??? gazz/1.0 gazz@nttrd.com deleuze.infobee.ne.jp derrida.infobee.ne.jp ??? ??? search-8.xift.com www.nationaldirectory.com NationalDirectory-SuperSpider spider.nationaldirectory.com 209.116.58.143 www.naver.com dloader(NaverRobot)/ dumrobo(NaverRobot)/ 211.218.151.209 www.noxtrum.com noxtrumbot/ 194.224.199.52 www.openfind.com (Chinese language) Openfind piranha,Shark robot-response@openfind.com.tw Openbot/ ??? abovenet4.openfind.com www.picsearch.org psbot www.picsearch.org/bot.html 217.75.104.26 www.pinpoint.com CrawlerBoy Pinpoint.com nitrogen.pinpoint.com www.petersnews.com user.ip3000.com news.petersnews.com www.qweery.nl QweeryBot http://qweerybot.qweery.com) 84.82.133.41 www.vestris.com/alkaline AlkalineBOT host130.uv-ray.com www.rambler.ru StackRambler/ 81.222.64.10 www.seznam.cz SeznamBot 212.80.76.87 www.search-10.com Search-10 82.41.144.99 www.searchhippo.com Fluffy the spider info@searchhippo.com) 208.148.122.27 www.scrubtheweb.com Scrubby/ 208.145.190.254 www.singingfish.com asterias grouper.singingfish.com www.speedfind.de speedfind ramBot xtreme BWEB.highway.telekom.at www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp Kototoi/0.1 crawler-red3.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp www.searchbyusa.com SearchByUsa ??? www.searchspider.com Searchspider/ 24.90.243.203 www.sightquest.com SightQuestBot/ http://www.sightquest.com/bot.htm 64.49.245.212 www.spidermonkey.ca Spider_Monkey/ 66.163.18.197 www.surfnomore.com Surfnomore Spider v1.1 165.90.194.245 www.supersnooper.com Robot@SuperSnooper.Com 207.8.212.162 www.teoma.com teoma_agent1 teoma_admin@hawkholdings.com 63.236.92.148 http://mapper.teradex.com Teradex_Mapper mapper@teradex.com 65.110.6.26 www.travel-finder.com ESISmartSpider 202.46.33.15 www.traficdublu.ro Spider TraficDublu 81.196.*.*, 193.16.218.66 www.tutorgig.com Tutorial Crawler http://www.tutorgig.com/crawler 216.40.225.75 www.updated.com updated/0.1beta crawler@updated.com 38.119.96.107 www.uksearcher.co.uk UK Searcher Spider - www.vivante.com (coming soon) Vivante Link Checker 216.93.167.106 www.walhello.com appie uses an address at planet.nl, a Dutch ISP www.websmostlinked.com Nazilla - www.webwombat.com.au www.WebWombat.com.au 202.139.99.131 www.webseek.de marvin/infoseek marvin-team@webseek.de arthur4.sda.t-online.de www.webtop.com MuscatFerret ferret.webtop.com www.whizbanglabs.com WhizBang! Lab 216.250.143.108 www.wisenut.com ZyBorg (info@WISEnut.com) - www.wire.co.uk WIRE WebRefiner: webrefiner@wire.co.uk brighton.wire.co.uk www.worldsearchcenter.com WSCbot ??? www.yandex.com Yandex ya.yandex.ru www.yellowpet.com pet-based search engine Yellopet-Spider 212-82-36-23.ip.zeitraum.com www.yelo.no Findexa Crawler ??? www.yourbettersearch.com YBSbot search engine indexer 12.25.90.3 libwww-perl www.linpro.no/lwp/ http://verno.ueda.info.waseda.ac.jp/ Iron33 207.18.183.251 Browsers Most browsers identify themselves with a string that begins "Mozilla...". I've chosen not to document those (as yet). Here are a few of the rarer browser identifiers that I've seen. Browser identifier Information AmigaVoyager http://v3.vapor.com/ Voyager browser for the Amiga xChaos_Arachne http://browser.arachne.cz/ (DOS-compatible browser. Linux version under development) IBrowse www.hisoft.co.uk (search for IBrowse) Amiga-based browser ICab www.icab.de/index.html (Macintosh-only) JustView http://www3.justsystem.co.jp/download/justview/3.01win1a.html (I think this is a browser. Site is in Japanese) KMeleon http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/ (Light browser based on the Mozilla code base) Konqueror www.konqueror.org/konq-browser.html (Linux KDE browser) Lynx http://lynx.browser.org/ (Cross-platform text based browser) OmniWeb www.omnigroup.com/products/omniweb/ (Macintosh-only) Opera www.opera.com (Cross-platform, small, efficient and standards lead browser) Plucker www.plkr.org/index.pl/faq#1.1 (Palm handhelds. Written in Python) pwWebSpeak www.prodworks.com/issound/catalog/catalog_pwwebspeak.html Audio Browser QWeb http://sunsite.auc.dk/qweb/ (Linux browser) (see also http://browswerwatch.internet.com/news/story/qweb8.html) retawq http://retawq.sourceforge.net/ Text-based browser for text terminals. Runs under Linux SlimBrowser www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm Freeware tabbed browser Sleipnir http://sleipnir.pos.to/software/sleipnir/index.html (Japanese) Japanese browser with apparantly an English version available. VMS_Mosaic http://vaxa.wvnet.edu/vmswww/vms_mosaic.html (OpenVMS only version of Mosaic, a pre-Netscape browser) WannaBe http://mindstory.com/wb2/ (Macintosh text-only browser) w3m http://w3m.sourceforge.net/ (text-based browser) Link Checkers, Link monitors and bookmark managers Link checkers and bookmark managers are run by people wanting to keep their pages and bookmarks up to date. Being visited by a link checker is good news as it means that someone has linked to you, and cares that you're still alive. Link monitors regularly check your pages for changes, usually because someone has selected your page as "one to watch". (pause for warm glow :-) If you have access to the server log, check the referrer page to try and get the URL from which you are linked. Sometimes these URLs are inside password protected parts of sites, so you won't be able to view the page. If you build up a list of sites that link to you, these are the guys you should tell when you move (moral - never move) It's also quite common for the Link checker to give no indication of which URL it's coming from. Some link checkers always come from the same IP address, more usually they come from the client's site. It depends on whether the site owner has purchased a copy of the link checking software, or signed up to some centralized link checking service. If you get the client's IP address you can always try visiting that if they blank the referrer URL field, and surfing their site. Some of these tools appear to imply they're extracting email addresses (e.g. emailSiphon). As such they're probably unwelcome visitors since these addresses are probably being collected for spammers. A page listing various link checkers (and other tools) can be found at www.softwareqatest.com/qatweb1.html#LINK Robot identifier IP address(es) Link Checker home page ActiveBookmark http://libmaster.com/software.php ALink http://www.info-pack.com/alink/ Reciprocal Link Checker, Manager and Page Generator. AMeta http://www.info-pack.com/ameta/ Meta Tag Generator ASPSearch URL Checker http://search.santry.com/downloads/ a site search engine/index maintenance tool BlogBot http://sourceforge.net/projects/blogbot/ BMChecker www.fureai.or.jp/~yoichi37/soft/bmchecker.html (Japanese Bookmark Checker) Bookmark Buddy www.bookmarkbuddy.net/about.shtml Check&Get www.checkget.com CheckWeb www.checkweb.com CNET_Snoop www.download.com (only if you have software listed at that site) CSE HTML Validator www.htmlvalidator.com HTML page validator that includes a link checker amongst it's functions. DRKSpider www.drk.com.ar/spider/ (An Open Source project) DISCo Watchman www.t-guild.com/gamesite/Software/Disco_w/Disco_w.htm DoctorHTML draco.imagiware.com http://www2.imagiware.com/RxHTML/ Email Extractor We don't list links to email collectors on this site EmailSiphon We don't list links to email collectors on this site EmailWolf www.pixeltech.com.au/~msw/ewolf/index.html FavOrg http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1558477,00.asp A utility written by PC Magazine to fetch icons files (favicon.ico) for your IE favorites Favorites Sweeper www.manitoolssoftware.cjb.net Another "favorites" tidy-up utility FreshLinks.exe www.resqpc.com/features.html Funnel Web Profiler www.quest.com/funnel_web/profiler/ Profiles your site, including links to/from it Html Link Validator www.lithopssoft.com/hlv/index.html HTMLParser http://htmlparser.sourceforge.net/ an open source HTML parser, that is probably exercising it's link-checking features. The Informant The Intraformant cosmo.dartmouth.edu http://informant.dartmouth.edu/ InternetLinkAgent http://www1.odn.ne.jp/freeware/rank/ineternet/internetlinkagent.html (in Japanese) InternetPeriscope www.lokboxsoftware.com/internetperiscope.asp javElink salix.ingetech.com www.dailydiffs.com jdwhatsnew.cgi www.jdrowell.com/projects/jdwhatsnew/view JRTS Check Favorites Utility www.jrtwine.com/Products/CheckFavs/ Lambda LinkCheck 195.139.70.25 www.stud.ifi.uio.no/~lmariusg/download/python/LinkCheck.html LinkLint-checkonly -- www.goldwarp.com/bowlin/linklint/ LinkAlarm linkalarm.com www.linkalarm.com Linkbot www.tetranetsoftware.com/products/linkbot.htm Linkman (Mozilla...) 66.89.128.242 http://www.outertech.com/product.php?product=5 LinkProver www.tafweb.com/linkprover.html Links -- http://gossamer-threads.com/scripts/links/ (Link management cgi script) LinkScan Server www.elsop.com LinkSweeper www.lss.com.au/lss/windows/ls/linksweeper.htm Link Valet Online 195.82.114.5 www.htmlhelp.com/tools/valet/ LinkVerify Spider frances.yourwebhost.com www.enduser.co.uk/linkverify/ LinkWalker lw.seventwentyfour.com 209.167.50.23 www.seventwentyfour.com Morning Paper www.boutell.com/morning/ MoveAnnouncer -- www.moveannouncer.com (notifies webmasters when your pages have moved) mylinkcheck -- www.mylinkcheck.de (German) NetLookout -- www.frugalsoft.com NetMechanic www.elsop.com gamma.netmechanic2.com www.netmechanic.com NetMind-Minder marvin.netmind.com (retired) gary.netmind.com meg.netmind.com inyanga.netmind.com leo.netmind.com gemini.netmind.com www.netmind.com NetMonitor -- www.modemwizard.com/netmonitor.html Netprospector JavaCrawler www.actaddons.com/products/netprospector.asp online link validator 216.93.171.138 www.dead-links.com (online link checker - submit your URL) Rational SiteCheck www.rational.com/products/teamtest/prodinfo/sitecheck.jtmpl Robozilla h-206---.netscape.com http://dmoz.org/ (checks links in the dmoz directory) RPT-HTTPClient www.purplefrog.com/~thoth/jchecklinks/ Java utility that uses the Java HTTPClient class library SiteBar www.sitebar.org SpurlBot ??? www.spurl.net Online bookmark agent SurfMaster www.maskbit.com/surfmaster.htm SyncIT www.bookmarksync.com Watchfire WebXM www.watchfire.com/products/webxm.asp WatzNew Agent www.watznew.com WebSite-Watcher www.aignes.com WebTrends Link Analyzer www.webtrends.com Weblink Scanner www.iterix.com/products/WeblinkScanner/weblinkScanner.asp Xenu's Link Sleuth www.snafu.de/~tilman/xenulink.html Z-Add Link Checker http://w3.z-add.co.uk/linkcheck/ Validators Validators check your web pages for HTML correctness and standards compliance. Since other people are unlikely to send a validator to your site, you don't usually see much of this. Consequently the "list" below is restricted to the on-line validators I've used myself. However if you choose to validate your own site, then the validation attempts will appear in your logs. The following list is thus limited to the on-line validator I use (and recommend) and a URL submission service that I use. Robot Identifier IP address Validator home page W3C_Validator abyss.w3.org http://validator.w3.org/ WDG_Validator/ 64.29.16.182 www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/ Tooter selfpromotion.com www.selfpromotion.com. This is used as part of a link submission agent (trebor@animeigo.com) FTP clients and download managers If you offer files for download, then you'll start to be visited by various FTP clients. Clients like Go!Zilla and GetRight are smart in that they can resume downloads that have been interrupted. This relies on your web server supporting the necessary protocol, but that's fairly standard these days. If your download files are over 1Mb in size (or if your server is slow), you'll often see the same IP address make multiple partial downloads of your file (look at the file size). In the case of Clients line Go!Zilla and GetRight if these add up to the right number of bytes, then chances are the download succeeded. Client Identifier FTP Client home page Alligator www.nearsoftware.com/alligator/maininfo/ BatchFTP www.dynamicnet.net/products/batchftp.htm ChinaClaw http://download.pchome.net/internet/download/860.html (Chinese) (Chinese download utility) DA www.lidan.com www.downloadaccelerator.com DLExpert www.yanew.com (English and Chinese versions available) Download Demon www.netzip.com Download Master www.one.com.ua/dm/ (Russian) Download Ninja www.h-fd.org/~mkro/mt/archives/000585.html (Japanese) Download Wonder www.forty.com Ez Auto Downloader www.anatari.com/ezad/index.html Downloads all files of a given type from a site, so it's more like a site grabber FreshDownload www.freshdevices.com/freshdown.html Go!Zilla www.gozilla.com GetRight MyGetRight www.getright.com GetSmart http://getsmart.hypermart.net/ HiDownload www.hidownload.com JetCar (or FlashGet) www.amazesoft.com Kapere www.kapere.com/menu.php?lang=english Kontiki Client www.kontiki.com/products/index.html LeechFTP http://stud.fh-heilbronn.de/~jdebis/leechftp/ LeechGet www.leechget.de LightningDownload www.lightningdownload.com Mass Downloader www.oocities.org/SiliconValley/Vista/2865/md.htm MetaProducts Download Express www.metaproducts.com/DE.html NetZip Downloader SmartDownload www.netzip.com NetAnts www.netants.com NetButler www.webcelerator.com/netbutler/ NetPumper www.netpumper.com Net Vampire www.netvampire.com Nitro Downloader www.klsofttools.com/nitro.html Octopus http://moskalyuk.com/octopus/ PuxaRapido www.puxarapido.com.br RealDownload http://service.real.com/help/faq/rdown4/rdownfaqa01.html SpeedDownload www.yazsoft.com (for Macintosh) WebDownloader for X 1.30 www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/features.php3 (Linux web downloader with X GUI) WebLeacher www.webleacher.dk (down last time I tried it) more details at www.davecentral.com/projects/thewebleacher/ WebPictures Downloader www.fullstrong.com Locates and downloads pictures X-Uploader Can't find the home page, but it's described (in Russian) on www.compulenta.ru/2002/1/17/24333/ Research projects These agents come from research projects. Of course that's how Google started... citenikbot/ http://www.citenik.co.uk/bot.html. One-man project due for release in 2004. CLIPS-index http://clips-index.imag.fr/ (French) French research robot from a linguistics project (?) Computer_and_Automation_Research_Institute_Crawler Robot from the research centre at Hungarian Acedemy of Sciences at www.sztaki.hu Crawls from IP 195.111.1.93 cosmos robot@xyleme.com Spider from www.xyleme.com which is a project to locate and index XML content on the web. The company is a spin off from project at INRIA in France, a frequent source of web robots. The word "xyleme" apparantly relates to the vascular system in plants, but cleverly must be one of the very few words to contain the letters "X", "M" and "L" (although not in that order ;-) D2KWebCrawler http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/TechFocus/Projects/NCSA/D2K-_Data_To_Knowledge.html "Data to Knowledge" data miner. Crawls from 141.142.15.21 DiaGem/ Experimental spider from Mitsibushi R&D division www.skyrocket.gr.jp/diagem.html Crawls from IP 203.178.88.244 Digimarc WebReader Digimarc search images on the web looking for digital watermatrs More details at www.digimarc.com EchO!/2.0 Spiders from 194.254.160.3, which would seem to be part of www.voila.com, a French-based search engine. FinaleRobot robot-master@expressus.com The www.expressus.com site describes an Interactive Natural Language encyclopedia that will become a search engine at www.final-e.com. Good name, but at present it just maps back onto the ExpressUs site (not such a good name). Crawls from IP address 64.114.34.115 Ideare - SignSite www.ideare.com. Spiders from spider3.tiscalinet.it. Ideare are a research company producing search engine technology, and are part owned by Tiscali in Italy, who seem to use their various tools for different search engines (mp3, images etc). GentleSpider Some sort of spider that usually visits using an IP address from within www.research.att.com or crawler.tivra.com Gulper Web Bot www.ecsl.cs.sunysb.edu/~maxim/cgi-bin/Link/GulperBot (Open research project to produce opinion-based search engine) larbin sebastien.ailleret@inria.fr ghi@lcs.mit.edu cosmos And from the people that brought you xyro (see below), comes another, newer bot. This one seems to crawl from the IP address cremant.inria.fr. Update more recently it's also been seen coming from barracutta.lcs.mit.edu And then there was "cosmos", crawling from pomelos.inria.fr Seems these people are a webbot factory. Cosmos doesn't offer an email address. IRLbot http://irl.cs.tamu.edu/crawler. Crawls from 128.194.135.80 crawls randomly to determine the topology of the web. KnowItAll www.cs.washington.edu/research/knowitall/ a project that "extracts massive amounts of information from the Web in an autonomous, scalable manner". Don't they know that everyone hates a know-it-all? :-) MJ12bot www.majestic12.co.uk/projects/dsearch/ A dsitributed search engine project MultiText Research project to index the last weeks' news items http://canola1.uwaterloo.ca/ NEC Research Agent http://heavenly.nj.nec.com/ Research "Inquirus" (meta?) search engine OntoSpider http://ontospider.i-n.info Dutch robot for a research project. Crawls from 195.11.244.52 sherlock_spider www.sherlock.com.cn. A course project from http://burrowww.cs.indiana.edu:15003/b659/ Crawls from 129.79.245.98 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. www.seo-tools.net/en/bot.aspx. "My first robot" :-) Crawls from 195.71.117.89 Steeler www.tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~crawler/crawler.html.en Japanese research robot. ru-robot 0.1_hseo(at)cs.rutgers.edu Unable to find details on this, but I'm guessing it's a research spider from www.rutgers.edu. Crawls using the IP teal.rutgers.edu USyd-NLP-Spider www.it.usyd.edu.au/~vinci/webcorpus.html research into Natural Language Processing at University of Sydney, Australia WebGather http://pccms.pku.edu.cn:8000/ Chinese search project xyro xcrawler@inria.fr Seems to be a spider associated with a French research institute. Usually crawls using the IP address vamos.inria.fr Zao/0.2 www.kototoi.org/zao/ Another Japanese research robot Crawls from 133.11.36.41. Zao-Crawler Same as above, but crawled from 133.11.36.40 Software packages These agents are the default identifiers for various software packages. Software developers uses these packages to add Internet functionality to their own applications. As such it's impossible to say without looking at the pattern of access what these agents are being used for as the same agent name may be used by different developers fo achieve differemt results. While many of these packages allow you to change the user agent, some do not, and many developers are too lazy to change the agent string. GT::WWW Apparantly some form of web-accessing perl module. Possible included in the Links SQL product produced by www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/index.htm. HTTPClient Default agent name used by the Java HTTPClient class. www.innovation.ch/java/HTTPClient/ (See also RPT-HTTPClient below) HTTP::Lite Default identifier for a set of light-weight perl modules for retrieving web documents . See www.toybox.ca/http-lite/ IP*Works! Set of TCP/IP components used in cross-platform development of internet tools www.nsoftware.com/products/ipworks.aspx libwww-perl The PERL programming language comes with a number of routines for constructing web-aware scripts. This and related strings are the default user agent identifiers, although it's perfectly easy to change this to be whatever you want. libghttp The GNOME http library. A Linux software library the offers connectivity to the web. Found in many places on the web. There is a description at www.fifi.org/doc/libghttp-dev/html/ghttp.html Macromedia Flash Player Flash movies can contain scripts that can fetch content from the web (such as other Flash movies or images) MFC_Tear_Sample Agent name used in the sample code supplied with Visual C++ for accessing the web. This may be therefore be someone running a program they've written based on that code. PEAR HTTP_Request class TPEAR is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components http://pear.php.net/ Python-urllib Presumably the default identifier for the urllib module in the Python programming language www.lib.uchicago.edu/keith/courses/python/class/7/ RPT-HTTPClient The Java HTTPClient class library TeamSoft WinInet Component www.winsoft.sk/wininet.htm (menus require Java) Internet software component suite wget www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html Free Unix/Linux package for retrieving web pages WinScripter iNet Tools www.winscripter.com/wsh/tools/wsInetTools.asp COM/DLL object that supports the SMTP and HTTP protocols W3CRobot/ A fast web-spidering robot included with the libwww package (?). See www.w3.org/Robot/ W3C-WebCon/ www.w3.org/ComLine a command-line toolkit that allows you to perform HTTP operations wxWidgets www.wxwidgets.org cross-platform open source C++ GUI builder which includes "HTML viewing" and much, much more. Zeus Webster Pro www.homepagesw.com/webster_overview.htm Offline browsers and other agents Agent Identifier Agent home page DigOut4U www.arisem.com/Enu/ DISCoFinder www.ars.ru/eng/products/discof.asp eCatch www.ecatch.com EirGrabber http://www2p.biglobe.ne.jp/~eir/index.htm (Japanese software from the "Eir Project") ExtractorPro (Bulk email marketing tool. URL deliberately omitted) FairAd Client www.hager.co.at/fordelka/fairad.htm (German) A German pay-to-surf client JoBo www.matuschek.net/software/jobo/index.html a site downloader iSiloWeb www.isilo.com (for palm pilot) Kenjin Spider www.autonomy.com MSIECrawler MSProxy (Microsoft IE4.0) NexTools WebAgent www.vector.co.jp/soft/win95/net/se053030.html Offline Explorer www.metaproducts.com/OE.html NetAttache Offline browser and search engine agent PageDown Details (in Japanese) at http://www01.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/fa2/y_yutaka/share/pagedown.htm ParaSite www.ianett.com/parasite/ Searchworks Spider www.nedesign.com/Phipps/products.html SiteMapper www.trellian.com/mapper/index.html SiteSnagger http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1559896,00.asp SuperBot www.sparkleware.com/superbot/index.html Teleport Pro www.tenmax.com/teleport/pro/home.htm URL2File www.chami.com/free/url2file_wincon.html Web2Map www.web2map.com/us/index.htm Web site copier. English/German versions available WebAuto www.yanasoft.co.jp/webauto.html I think this is an offline browser. Site is in Japanese WebCopier www.maximumsoft.com Webdup www.webdup.com (Chinese software. Not 100% sure what it does) WebFetch www.webfetch.com WebReaper http://www.webreaper.net/ Webrobot www.multimania.com/dilletb/WebRobot/ Website eXtractor www.asona.org WebSnatcher www.theronwelch.com/websnatcher/ WebStripper www.solentsoftware.com/webstripper/ WebTwin www.WebTwin.com Convert websites into help files. WebVCR www.netresultscorp.com/fs_webvcr_info.html WebZIP www.spidersoft.com WWWOFFLE www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/wwwoffle/ Xaldon WebSpider www.xaldon.de/produkte_webspider.html (German) Offline browser Other miscellaneous agents These agents are ones that we've seen, but been unable to get information for, or which are slightly unusual in origin. If you have any additional information on any of these, feel free to send it to info@jafsoft.com User Agent Information Ad Muncher www.admuncher.com Browser plug-in that monitors the pages as you view them, and removes all adverts, popup windows etc. ADSAComponent ADSARobot http://cnds.ucd.ie/adsa/ distributed search engine project Contact postmaster@cnds.ucd.ie browses from acropolis.ucd.ie (which doesn't make sense for a distributed search engine :-) Albert Indexer www.albert.com Multi-lingual search technology AnswerChase www.answerchase.com a personal search robot. ASPSeek www.aspseek.org/about.html. An open source search engine project ATA-Translation-Service Looks to be an online translation tool, much like Babelfish. Possibly related to www.atanet.org/ AVSearch Seems to be the AltaVista personal search agent. The crawling site is sometimes referred to in the agent name Avant Browser www.avantbrowser.com Browser add-on for Internet Explorer Beamer www.pagebeamer.org/fr/index.php (French). A browser accelerator that requires sites to create a "pagebeamer.txt" file that is fetched by this agent to do predictive downloads. beholder or e-sense www.vigiltech.com/esensedisclaim.html www.vigiltech.com/esensedisclaim.html BravoBrian http://bstop.bravobrian.it/ (may require IE). A content filtering service that offers protection from pornography and other unwanted content for children. Comes from IP 213.215.133.19 bumblebee@relevare.com Software used to build "Vortals" (vertical portals). Details (requires Flash) can be found at www.relevare.com/site/ Checkbot Seems to come from www.oxxfordinfo.com who offer B2B services contype Possibly Adobe Acrobat or Reader or Adobe Acrobat Reader used with MSIE (I have been unable to confirm this) Convera Internet Spider A "RetrievalWare" product which claims to be a multimedia web cralwer. www.convera.com/Products/rw_ancillis.asp ConveraCrawler Probably related to the above ccubee Crawler technology from http://empyreum.com/technologies/platforms/ccubee/ Custo Tool to map the structure of a web site www.netwu.com/custo/ CyberNavi_WebGet UA points to www.cybertech-inc.co.jp, but there's not much there. It crawls from 222.151.213.124 which is http://bsearchtech.com/ (Japanese). Bablefish suggests this is a Japanese company offering search products DaviesBot www.wholeweb.net/web/ deepweb Also calls itself an "Intelligent Deep-Web Robotic Agent" A search engine indexer that will index dynamic content. www.deepweb.com. Indexs from IP 66.96.221.180 EbiNess http://sourceforge.net/projects/ebiness An Open Source project to display Internet information ina 3D format. EmailWolf www.pixeltech.com.au/~msw/ewolf/ email program no longer available - that's the only reason I'm prepared to list it on this page. Excalibur Internet Spider www.excalib.com/products/ispi/index.shtml Expired Domain Sleuth Hunts down popular, yet expired domain names with a view to letting you purchase an already popular domain name. www.expireddomainsleuth.com Everest-Vulcan Inc./ http://everest.vulcan.com/crawlerhelp Next-generation services rechnology (under development) GigaBaz GigaBazVStheWeb crawler@brainbot.com http://brainbot.com/ Giskard www.oralco.com (Trivia note: Giskard is probably named after the Isaac Asimov robot) grub-client Grub is a distributed, open source web crawler. Users download the client which then indexes the web as part of a distibuted effort www.grub.org/html/documents.php heritrix Open-source, extensible web crawler project http://crawler.archive.org/ htdig www.htdig.org search engine software for companies and universities http://webwarper.net A browser accelerator. The idea is that you browser "through" their site, taking advantage of their faster Internet connection, caching and - most importantly - compression (of the file sent to your browser) in return for their adverts added to the viewed pages. Such accesses give the webwarper URL as the User Agent, concealing the true agent of the original user. More details at http://webwarper.net/ww.pl/0/wwgz/about.htm?* infoGIST www.infogist.com InterGO www.teachersoft.com http://browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/intergo1.html This was a child-safe browser, nut it seems no associated page remains InternetArchive Presumably www.internetarchive.com, but that's in "stealth mode" Internet Ninja www.ifour.co.jp (Japanese Macintosh browser?) InternetSeer A web monitoring service. More details at www.internetseer.com/ ipiumBot www.laurion.com/ipium-analysis.html (French) A tool that searches for copies of your documents on the web. Crawls from petula.laurion.net InternetAmi IOR www.internetami.se/ior.html robot gathering data for an English/Swedish translation service. InsumaScout/ www.insuma.de/insuma/de/SEscout.html Searches data situated in open data sources. Katriona Something to do with the European Regional Internet Registry (RIPE) Browses using IP address 213.219.19.148 larbin http://pauillac.inria.fr/~ailleret/prog/larbin/index-eng.html LEIA Unable to find (Too many "Star Wars" references get in the way) LexiBot www.lexibot.com LimeBot www.cruiselime.com/LimeBot.php Robot searching for information on cruises. Browses using IP address 24.42.113.89 logikabot www.logika.net Mata Hari www.thewebtools.com (Internet search agent) metabot Geographical-based text search tool. Crawls from 66.28.23.147 www.metacarta.com/products.htm Mister Pix II Picture finder www.mister-pix.com/en/home.htm MOSES 2.0 Spider www.ideas2internet.com/products/moses2/ NOTE Site crashes my version of netscape 4.7 MonkeyCrawl www.monkeymethods.org. "Futuristic play". NetCruiser www.netcruiser-software.com/products.html It's not clear to me which of these products this might be, but I'm assuming it's one of them. NPBot www.nameprotect.com crawls from 12.148.209.196 (crawler1.crawler918.com) A trademark protection service NetZippy www.innerprise.net/usp-spider.asp NutchCVS http://lucene.apache.org/nutch/bot.html. Open source web-search project NZBot www.navigationzone.com Offers "information management" tools Opencola www.opencola.com A search application, combining data from multiple sources ORA_checksite www.oreilly.com/openbook/webclient/ch06.html Identifier used in a sample perl program in the online book "Web Client Programming with Perl". The program is used to check links. Obviously people have tried it, and it works :-) Onekit.com - PAD File Get. PAD file poller. PAD files describe software applications to download sites. Oxxbot1 www.oxxfordinfo.com (Data mining bot on IP 216.0.86.75) Pansophica http://homepage.mac.com/zigkit/Pansophica/index.html A Web search agent with neural net intelligence which organizes and personalizes Web sites and searches. Phoaks www.phoaks.com/index.html. An index or web resources listed in UseNet. See also www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/Aristotle.htm phpMySearch-Crawler http://phpMySearch.web4.hm a search engine for individual sites. PICgrabber A free picture and movie locator www.movies-free.net PictureOfInternet erik@malfunction.org www.malfunction.org/poi Seems to be a project to create a collage of images gathered from the Internet. PicSpider www.bildkiste.de.vu (German). Site offers a "picture crate" according to babelfish, which seems to be some form of repository. Not sure why it's spidering, but crawls from 217-20-118-26 which is part of internetserviceteam.com PintaSpider Unable to find But the spider came from www.cnet.fr Pita (Chub.Stanford.EDU) -- PitSpyder Thread0 Unable to find psbot www.picsearch.org/bot.html A bot indexing pictures. Crawls from ps.direct2internet.com PolyBot http://cis.poly.edu/polybot/ crawls from weasel.poly.edu, grampus.poly.edu, bumblebee.poly.edu PureSight www.puresight.com/Products/PureSightHomeDescription.htm (child-safe content filtering) Rumours-Agent Comes from IP 202.214.69.131, which a lookup identifies as "Cross Lingual Info Research" in Japan. RepoMonkey Bait & Tackle A bit of detective work here. Recent entries in the the log file link this to the site www.hungryhippo.com, although the robot always appears to come from an IP address at backflip.com (a bookmarking service). Visiting www.hungryhippo.com reveals a "coming soon" site. Looking at the HTML source leads to another page at www.mezzaluna.net/hungryhippo.com/ (appears identical). The META tags for this page all appear to be references to day trading, futures, training and the like, although we did spot the word "fibonacci" (our favourite :-). So... possibly a future search engine related to stock trading?, or maybe the Monkey and Hippo are just feeding me a red herring? There's more. The picture on the Kenjin site at www.kenjin.com/kenjin/info.html is currently the same as that at HungryHippo. Kenjin is an Autonomy company. Robot2.0(PingSoft) There are several "PingSoft"s around, but I suspect that this belongs to one of the products listed at http://www.pingsoft.net/ (e.g. SmartHunter) since I was visited froma Chinese IP address. SilentSurf www.silentsurf.com. A surf anonymizer service SlySearch slysearch@slysearch.com www.slysearch.com. A site that hunts down infringements of intellectual property rights. SpaceBison http://www.proxomitron.org/ A web filter that is "ShonenWare", i.e. you should purchase a Shonen Knife CD if you use it. Shonen Knife are a great Japanese band, much loved by the late Kurt Cobain. Sometimes this sets the referrer page to the band's home page at www.mmjp.or.jp/knife/ (or maybe the users just happen to go there themselves). CrawlWave www.spiderwave.aueb.gr (Greek, and requires login) Crawls from 195.251.252.44, which is part of the Athens University of Economics and Business (www.aueb.gr) SpotOn www.spoton.com (IE add-on that organizes your browsing) SQ Webscanner http://macinsearch.com/users/webscanner/ (on holiday last time I looked) Squid www.squid-cache.org An open-source web proxy cache for Unix systems SquidClamAV_Redirector http://freshmeat.net/projects/scavr/?branch_id=54042&release_id=188491 An open-source anti-virus program that I saw accessing icons on my site (!) Sqworm Not 100% sure about this one. When it visited me it came from the WebSense site 63.212.171.* (and a Google search show others seem to see the same). At the WebSense site you can find WebCatcher, a product used to monitor employees web-surfing habits (as near as I can tell). But as I say, I'm not 100% sure... www.websense.com/products/about/webcatcher/index.cfm Steganos Internet Anonym www.steganos.com/?layout=default&content=products_siapro&language=en A surf anonymizer utility SurfControl www.surfcontrol.com/products/web/default.aspx content tracking product Tagword Tool that surveys the links in the Open Directory at http://dmoz.org, checking their status etc. See http://tagword.com/dmoz_survey.php TaWWWantula Unable to find Tcl http client package The default identifier for any software built using the Tcl HTTP package http://tcl.activestate.com/software/tcltk/ http://tcl.activestate.com/man/tcl8.0/TclCmd/http.htm TeraCrawl Unable to find TurnitinBot www.turnitin.com Plagarism prevention system. Crawls from 64.140.48.25 UCmore www.ucmore.com A broswer plug-in (initially IE only) that searches for related pages and categories. In my experience this seems to entail accessing a favicon.ico file on a daily basis (presumably to refresh the "favorites" list) UdmSearch http://search.mnogo.ru/ Search engine technology, as used at sites such as www.maplesearch.com. Now called mnoGoSearch. unchaos_crawler www.unchaos.com. A search engine that offers a "hybrid" of human and machine intelligence, but no search box that I could see :-). Crawls from 192.115.134.201 unlostBot unlostBot@unlost.com www.unlost.com is "under construction". The robot came from IP address 212.37.219.147 which is in France. URLBlaze File/web search utility www.urlblaze.net utopy crawler@utopy.com Coming soon at www.utopy.com (requires flash). This venture-capital funded site is "running in stealth mode" before launching the "new new thing" (is that a typo?). One of the Flash pages defines Utopia (geddit?), and some of the browsing is done by IP addresses at ...myutopy.com. UtilMind HTTPGet A component intended for downloading pages from the web using standard Microsoft Windows Internet library (winInet.dll) Listed on www.utilmind.com/delphi2.html UrlScope Unable to find Vagabondo Appears to be a log analyzer for Russian BBS systems. (I may have got that wrong). I found reference to it being copyright John Gladkih 1998, but I've not found any URL that gives a description (not even a Russian one). VCI WebViewer Web browser object, that may be incorporated into software www.homepagesw.com/webster_dl.htm vspider www.verity.com/products/intspider/ A commercial spidering product. WAVETools A set of Delphi components offered to build Internet applications from www.transerve.com Webbandit http://softwaresolutions.net/webbandit/index.htm Collates search engine results Webclipping.com www.Webclipping.com News-gathering agent webcollage Forms collage from randomly select web images www.jwz.org/webcollage/ pet project of one of the authors of Netscape. Seems to come from differing IP nodes. WebCompass ??? (quarterdeck search engine software) WebGenie www.webgenie.com/products.html. presumably one of the CGI-based products available on this site. Possibly the "Site Sleuth" Web Hound Unable to find Or rather, I found several different "web hounds", so can't tell which this was, Web Magnet www.webmagnet.com this appears to be a tool used by this web consultancy. WebMiner Either http://www.tribolic.com/webminer/ or http://www.webminer.com/webminer/index.cfm?section=overview A tool to track down and target visitors to your website WebPix Tool to fetch all pictures from a web site www.netwu.com/webpix/ Webpush www.webhauler.com/webpush.htm WebSymmetrix Originates in Korea, and is possibly related to their National Computerization Agency. Uses IP address 210.183.28.39 webrank www.webrank.com/features.asp Search engine popularity meter. webwasher www.webwasher.com/en/products/wwash/functions.htm (browser filter) WhosTalking http://softwaresolutions.net/whostalking/ Software that tracks Trademark usage last time I saw it it was creating 404 errors by adding &dg.. to each URL. Hopefully they'll fix this www.MacroX.de www.macrox.de (German). Appears to be an interpreter designed to help automate regular tasks on a Windows PC. XupiterToolbar A toolbar that sets up www.xupiter.com as the default search engine. There appears to be a lot of negative press regarding this toolbar yacy http://yacy.net/home.html. An open source and distributed search engine project. The above URL seems to redirect to an IP-based one YottaShopping_Bot http://www-yottashopping-com/. User arent clains this is a Shopping Search Engine, but the URL requires a login so I was unable to verify (so I deliberately made it's URL non-clickable). Crawled from 64.62.175.133 Sites that regularly visit Some IP addresses, or sites may regularly visit you, although the user agent may be obscure, blank, or even change. Here are a few that I've been able to work out Site address(es) Description proxy.netsetter.org This is a site thet offers a speed-up to your surfing, in return for being able to monitoring people's surfing habits. The speed-ups are acheived through a variety of techniques, and the monitoring info is sold on, although your privacy is protected. Visit www.netsetter.org for more details. pwoshoes.transport.com Not known ...lightrealm.com This site daily reads any xml files submitted to a shareware site in PAD format. PAD is a means for describing shareware devised by the Association of Shareware Professionals (www.asp-shareware.org). This site is performing daily checks, looking to automatically update its lists with any changes. Other useful sites Here are links to other sites you might find useful when looking into web robots www.botspot.com A Bot monitor site, with regular updates and links to the bot's home pages. www.htmlhelp.com/links/validators.htm A list of HTML validators www.iplists.com A site that lists IP addresses of search engine bots and others. More comprehensive (and probably more up to date) that the IP addresses shown on this page (which tends to record the first IP address seen) http://tool.motoricerca.info/robots-checker.phtml An online syntax checker for robots.txt files. Enter the URL of your robots.txt file to get it checked and to see a summary of what effect it will have. www.mozilla.org/build/revised-user-agent-strings.html Mozilla web browser project. This page describes the conventions used for formatting the User Agent in the form "Mozilla..." www.robotstxt.org/wc/robots.html A site dedicated to the robots.txt file. This page gives some background to how robots work, although there list of robots is quite small. www.searchtools.com/robots/ A page collecting together a number of resources to do with all aspects of web robots. www.spiderhunter.com A site primarily about "cloaking" sites - the art of making a site look different to different visitors. Contains articles on how to detect spiders. www.webcab.de/wapua.htm A site listing WAP user agent strings. These will mostly be mobile phones www.webmasterworld.com/forum11/index.htm This site contains a number of forums for topics of interest to webmasters everywhere. This particular forum actively discusses robots and search engines that visit your site. ...And finally, some fakers Increasingly security and privacy concerns mean that users and companies are wary about giving away information to sites they visit through the user agent and other fields that appear in server logs. Some browsers will allow you to select the user agent you present when visiting a site. The Opera browser does this, for example, to allow it's users to pretend to be either IE or Netscape when visiting web sites coded in a way that forgets there are other browsers in use. Also as firewalls become more common, we will see more and more user agent fields beling blocked by the firewall, that will prevent this information being transmitted to the outside world. Just to prove that you can never rely on the user agent, here is a selection of user agent strings I've seen in my log files that tell us nothing about the software being used (although some of them speak volumes about the person driving the software). I'm omitting any IP addresses I may have to protect the identities of those concerned :-) "user agent" seen Comments Bruciebot I'm assured this was created by a regular in alt.www.webmasters :-) Blocked by Norton Geblokkeerd door Norton Blockeriet von Norton The agent has been blocked by Norton Utilities. The refferrer is also withheld. The second version is Dutch. No doubt other languages occur Don't Like AOL Oh dear. This could start a trend! Don't be so nosey ;-) Hey! you came to my site first, remember? :-) Don't you wish you knew. Obviously. Go Away A bit rich from someone who came to my site! :-) Field blocked by AtGuard Surfer is behind the AtGuard firewall (now part of Norton Internet Security 2000) which prevents the true User Agent being transmitted. http://home.pages.at/atguard/ Field blocked by Outpost www.agnitum.com Again field is witheld by the software Isch habe gar kein Browser ;-) German for "I have no browser" :-) Or so I thought, until I received the following from Clemens Marschner Actually it is German - with Italian accent! The word refers to an advertisement of the Nescafe coffee, where a smart Italian convinces a beautiful lady to stay and drink coffee with her after she knocks at his door to complain that his car is in the way of hers. And after she stayed and listened to him while he prepares the coffee with lots of gestures and Italian speak, she again asks him to move his car, and he goes "Isch 'abe gar keine Auto, Signorina" (I don't even have a car, signorina). Since that commercial was shown for years, presumably all German web masters know it... My Web browser is not of your business True, but no fun. multiBlocker browser www.multiblocker.com/home.html Although this seems to mainly offer protection against visitor to your site, they obviously also provide a user agent blocker for people browsing Wabbit's don't use browsers Probably the proxy service at http://rabbit-proxy.sourceforge.net/ Wot, no browser? (Win67; X; SK) Win67 ?!? Ah... a dream come true! Who gives a shit? It's as least as good as Lynx Ah yes, but how do we know that? Who wants to know? I do. :-)


by Michael T. Glaspie
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0 User-Agent: Charlotte Allow: / 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. The Web Robots FAQ Frequently Asked Questions about Web Robots, from Web users, Web authors, and Robot implementors. 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 Related Sites Some references to other sites that concern Web Robots. - - Top Stories Photos - AFP on Yahoo! News Photos http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549 Top Stories Photos - AFP on Yahoo! News Photos Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:08:43 GMT Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:08:43 GMT http://rss.news.yahoo.com/ - 142 18 http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif Top Stories Photos - AFP on Yahoo! News Photos http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549 - David Beckham #23 of the Los Angeles Galaxy urges his teammates ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/d71e28386b9f4a09e85ddd76f0468acd - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - David Beckham #23 of the Los Angeles Galaxy urges his teammates on after a goal by Maykel Galindo #11 (not pictured) of Chivas USA in their MLS match at the Home Depot Center 23 Aug in Carson, Califorina. Beckham kept his promise, but his heroic effort in returning from England duty couldn't prevent his Galaxy club falling 3-0 to Chivas USA(AFP/Getty Images/Victor Decolongon)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:08:43 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nmu99.240807080618.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=0JtTuxY6K5tpC6KeebVV4w-- David Beckham #23 of the Los Angeles Galaxy urges his teammates ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - David Beckham #23 of the Los Angeles Galaxy urges his teammates on after a goal by Maykel Galindo #11 (not pictured) of Chivas USA in their MLS match at the Home Depot Center 23 Aug in Carson, Califorina. Beckham kept his promise, but his heroic effort in returning from England duty couldn't prevent his Galaxy club falling 3-0 to Chivas USA(AFP/Getty Images/Victor Decolongon)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) - - - Warren Lichtenstein, co-founder of investment fund Steel Partners, ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/ed51364a58ab047da70a7fc4306bd57a - - photo(AFP/File) - Warren Lichtenstein, co-founder of investment fund Steel Partners, talks with his company's Japan representative Yusuke Nishi (R) as they attend a press conference in Tokyo, in June. Steel Partners admitted defeat Friday in its closely watched attempt to take over Japan's Bull-Dog Sauce, which carried out controversial defence measures.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)


]]> (AFP/File) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:41:57 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nmq32.240807073534.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=hNmsABh2zWvUBui6W118PA-- Warren Lichtenstein, co-founder of investment fund Steel Partners, ... - - photo(AFP/File) - Warren Lichtenstein, co-founder of investment fund Steel Partners, talks with his company's Japan representative Yusuke Nishi (R) as they attend a press conference in Tokyo, in June. Steel Partners admitted defeat Friday in its closely watched attempt to take over Japan's Bull-Dog Sauce, which carried out controversial defence measures.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)


]]> (AFP/File) - - - File picture shows a light plane flying over downtown Seattle. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/d16c4b1b7a0c021b217b52e34db2fab7 - - photo(AFP/File) - File picture shows a light plane flying over downtown Seattle. An alert issued by FBI agents in Seattle on Monday calling for the public's help in identifying photographs of two Middle Eastern-looking men exhibiting "unusual behavior" has highlighted the post-9/11 balancing act law enforcement agencies must perform as they attempt to prevent a new terror strike in the United States, with some critics saying it smacked of racial profiling(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)


]]> (AFP/File) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:32:31 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nmp79.240807073226.photo00.photo.default-512x335.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=yJISW8eZSyZtkwebvakb5w-- File picture shows a light plane flying over downtown Seattle. ... - - photo(AFP/File) - File picture shows a light plane flying over downtown Seattle. An alert issued by FBI agents in Seattle on Monday calling for the public's help in identifying photographs of two Middle Eastern-looking men exhibiting "unusual behavior" has highlighted the post-9/11 balancing act law enforcement agencies must perform as they attempt to prevent a new terror strike in the United States, with some critics saying it smacked of racial profiling(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)


]]> (AFP/File) - - - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Iraq's government will ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/d6271b75835ef94f6cc3a08ff4f8241a - - photo(AFP/File) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Iraq's government will become more precarious in the coming months and a drawdown of US forces could increase sectarian violence, US spy agencies said in a grim report Thursday(AFP/File/Louai Beshara)


]]> (AFP/File) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:04:09 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nmk60.240807070356.photo00.photo.default-355x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=B9B.bUmXhVhERxGrorbu2w-- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Iraq's government will ... - - photo(AFP/File) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Iraq's government will become more precarious in the coming months and a drawdown of US forces could increase sectarian violence, US spy agencies said in a grim report Thursday(AFP/File/Louai Beshara)


]]> (AFP/File) - - - US President George W. Bush addresses the Veterans of Foreign ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/7ecfaec16fbe088dfb88cab67a16cc42 - - photo(AFP/File) - US President George W. Bush addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, 22 Aug. Iraq's government will become more precarious in the coming months and a drawdown of US forces could increase sectarian violence, US spy agencies said in a grim report Thursday(AFP/File/Jim Watson)


]]> (AFP/File) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:04:09 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nmk60.240807070356.photo01.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=dlbCqbDaOFKLKdhxSbyACA-- US President George W. Bush addresses the Veterans of Foreign ... - - photo(AFP/File) - US President George W. Bush addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, 22 Aug. Iraq's government will become more precarious in the coming months and a drawdown of US forces could increase sectarian violence, US spy agencies said in a grim report Thursday(AFP/File/Jim Watson)


]]> (AFP/File) - - - Iraqi soldiers search a truck at a checkpoint in Baghdad, 23 ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/fefff833276b370af7ff7d3fad7065da - - photo(AFP) - Iraqi soldiers search a truck at a checkpoint in Baghdad, 23 Aug. Iraq's government will become more precarious in the coming months and a drawdown of US forces could increase sectarian violence, US spy agencies said in a grim report Thursday(AFP/Ali Yussef)


]]> (AFP) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:04:09 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nmk60.240807070356.photo02.photo.default-512x344.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=vhu3.pv1d8LQWr1J1tY1xg-- Iraqi soldiers search a truck at a checkpoint in Baghdad, 23 ... - - photo(AFP) - Iraqi soldiers search a truck at a checkpoint in Baghdad, 23 Aug. Iraq's government will become more precarious in the coming months and a drawdown of US forces could increase sectarian violence, US spy agencies said in a grim report Thursday(AFP/Ali Yussef)


]]> (AFP) - - - US soldiers sit in a Chinook helicopter during an operation ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/a44589f3034697c9f90f2287f9c83cdd - - photo(AFP) - US soldiers sit in a Chinook helicopter during an operation south of Baghdad. Iraq's government will become more precarious in the coming months and a drawdown of US forces could increase sectarian violence, US spy agencies said in a grim report Thursday(AFP/David Furst)


]]> (AFP) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:04:09 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nmk60.240807070356.photo03.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=7QOzSIy51jY5wRchjEKMYQ-- US soldiers sit in a Chinook helicopter during an operation ... - - photo(AFP) - US soldiers sit in a Chinook helicopter during an operation south of Baghdad. Iraq's government will become more precarious in the coming months and a drawdown of US forces could increase sectarian violence, US spy agencies said in a grim report Thursday(AFP/David Furst)


]]> (AFP) - - - A US soldier points his rifle at a group of Iraqi women during ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/cac512f3ed72e86acec337bc63aa5450 - - photo(AFP) - A US soldier points his rifle at a group of Iraqi women during a search of their house south of Baghdad, 23 Aug. Iraq's government will become more precarious in the coming months and a drawdown of US forces could increase sectarian violence, US spy agencies said in a grim report Thursday(AFP/David Furst)


]]> (AFP) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:04:09 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nmk60.240807070356.photo04.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=KkNauqjMhx06JOyCDCCP9g-- A US soldier points his rifle at a group of Iraqi women during ... - - photo(AFP) - A US soldier points his rifle at a group of Iraqi women during a search of their house south of Baghdad, 23 Aug. Iraq's government will become more precarious in the coming months and a drawdown of US forces could increase sectarian violence, US spy agencies said in a grim report Thursday(AFP/David Furst)


]]> (AFP) - - - James Blake of the USA celebrates a point win in the second ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/dccc0aa3f9cc78d3a6632931ea6860e4 - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - James Blake of the USA celebrates a point win in the second set against Fernando Verdasco of Spain during the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament 23 Aug at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Blake defeated Verdasco 6-4,6-2(AFP/Getty Images/Elsa )


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:34:29 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nmf15.240807063046.photo00.photo.default-512x375.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=ahVW5lbn22LXlmz7fpPLSw-- James Blake of the USA celebrates a point win in the second ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - James Blake of the USA celebrates a point win in the second set against Fernando Verdasco of Spain during the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament 23 Aug at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Blake defeated Verdasco 6-4,6-2(AFP/Getty Images/Elsa )


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) - - - Fernando Verdasco of Spain returns a shot to James Blake of ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/ce65b003f5c62add1ce70bfa5f84b4f1 - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - Fernando Verdasco of Spain returns a shot to James Blake of the US during the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament 23 Aug at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Blake defeated Verdasco 6-4,6-2(AFP/Getty Images/Elsa )


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:34:29 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nmf15.240807063046.photo01.photo.default-512x360.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=om.FA1mtdnTzuLplAaC_zg-- Fernando Verdasco of Spain returns a shot to James Blake of ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - Fernando Verdasco of Spain returns a shot to James Blake of the US during the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament 23 Aug at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Blake defeated Verdasco 6-4,6-2(AFP/Getty Images/Elsa )


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) - - - Mardy Fish of the USA returns a shot to Stanislas Wawrinka of ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/f60db5878367198871460adf92366a5b - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - Mardy Fish of the USA returns a shot to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland during the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament on 23 Aug at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Fish won 6-3, 6-3(AFP/Getty Images/Elsa )


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:34:29 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nmf15.240807063046.photo02.photo.default-512x320.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=hixZnr9f3WAFeu8qdpoezw-- Mardy Fish of the USA returns a shot to Stanislas Wawrinka of ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - Mardy Fish of the USA returns a shot to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland during the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament on 23 Aug at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Fish won 6-3, 6-3(AFP/Getty Images/Elsa )


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) - - - In this handout photo provided by the Santa Monica Police Department, ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/f1fb3a4304d0c7025012794f14cb49e5 - - photo(AFP/HO/File) - In this handout photo provided by the Santa Monica Police Department, Lindsay Lohan appears in a booking photo on 24 Jul, in Santa Monica, California. Lohan on Thursday was sentenced to one day in jail and three years probation after reaching a plea deal over two separate incidents of drunk driving.(AFP/HO/File)


]]> (AFP/HO/File) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:32:20 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nme82.240807062826.photo00.photo.default-384x512.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=zU_hl3w8xvUpBIQbnQ0aoA-- In this handout photo provided by the Santa Monica Police Department, ... - - photo(AFP/HO/File) - In this handout photo provided by the Santa Monica Police Department, Lindsay Lohan appears in a booking photo on 24 Jul, in Santa Monica, California. Lohan on Thursday was sentenced to one day in jail and three years probation after reaching a plea deal over two separate incidents of drunk driving.(AFP/HO/File)


]]> (AFP/HO/File) - - - Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers holds a press conference ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/ce1233c97b3068b53cfe1a4784fe1e2a - - photo(AFP/GettyImages) - Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers holds a press conference outside Beverly Hills Municipal Court regarding Lindsay Lohan's DUI offenses. Lohan on Thursday was sentenced to one day in jail and three years probation after reaching a plea deal over two separate incidents of drunk driving.(AFP/GettyImages/Toby Canham)


]]> (AFP/GettyImages) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:32:20 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nme82.240807062826.photo01.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=dKw1wM_pacvbnCbljvvD4A-- Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers holds a press conference ... - - photo(AFP/GettyImages) - Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers holds a press conference outside Beverly Hills Municipal Court regarding Lindsay Lohan's DUI offenses. Lohan on Thursday was sentenced to one day in jail and three years probation after reaching a plea deal over two separate incidents of drunk driving.(AFP/GettyImages/Toby Canham)


]]> (AFP/GettyImages) - - - Lindsay Lohan's lawyer Blair Berk departs the Malibu Courthouse ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/e19213629cbe24016b326efa54d85776 - - photo(AFP/GettyImages) - Lindsay Lohan's lawyer Blair Berk departs the Malibu Courthouse in Malibu, California. Berk, who also represents actor Mel Gibson, appered at the courthouse for a progress report hearing regarding Gibson, then departed for a press conference outside Beverly Hills Municipal Court regarding Lindsay Lohan's DUI offenses.(AFP/GettyImages/Toby Canham)


]]> (AFP/GettyImages) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:32:20 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nme82.240807062826.photo02.photo.default-340x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=yHnvIHyShnR_iaCJgdrg3Q-- Lindsay Lohan's lawyer Blair Berk departs the Malibu Courthouse ... - - photo(AFP/GettyImages) - Lindsay Lohan's lawyer Blair Berk departs the Malibu Courthouse in Malibu, California. Berk, who also represents actor Mel Gibson, appered at the courthouse for a progress report hearing regarding Gibson, then departed for a press conference outside Beverly Hills Municipal Court regarding Lindsay Lohan's DUI offenses.(AFP/GettyImages/Toby Canham)


]]> (AFP/GettyImages) - - - A South Korean woman holds a banner during a rally against the ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/3577ec82bc58c92b7be023ae49620b74 - - photo(AFP/File) - A South Korean woman holds a banner during a rally against the import of US beef in front of the Government building in Seoul. South Korea will resume US beef imports which were suspended early this month after inspectors discovered banned bones in one shipment.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)


]]> (AFP/File) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:31:28 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nme62.240807062733.photo00.photo.default-512x346.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=Bh83EXcxU0THmaJgAcMBzQ-- A South Korean woman holds a banner during a rally against the ... - - photo(AFP/File) - A South Korean woman holds a banner during a rally against the import of US beef in front of the Government building in Seoul. South Korea will resume US beef imports which were suspended early this month after inspectors discovered banned bones in one shipment.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)


]]> (AFP/File) - - - National League All-Star pitcher Chris Young of the San Diego ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/87987d1ebfb641efdfa76219aa559e80 - - photo(AFP/GettyImages/File) - National League All-Star pitcher Chris Young of the San Diego Padres deals during a Major League Baseball game in San Francisco, California, in July. Young, who returned to California on Wednesday to undergo tests on his back, will miss his next start Sunday in Philadelphia, the team said.(AFP/GettyImages/File/Jed Jacobsohn)


]]> (AFP/GettyImages/File) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:26:36 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nlj61.240807022536.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=xB3wl1lUVxBrBEYo4vA5Eg-- National League All-Star pitcher Chris Young of the San Diego ... - - photo(AFP/GettyImages/File) - National League All-Star pitcher Chris Young of the San Diego Padres deals during a Major League Baseball game in San Francisco, California, in July. Young, who returned to California on Wednesday to undergo tests on his back, will miss his next start Sunday in Philadelphia, the team said.(AFP/GettyImages/File/Jed Jacobsohn)


]]> (AFP/GettyImages/File) - - - Rory Sabbatini of South Africa hits his tee shot on the 13th ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070824/photos_ts_afp/8c41e11e72409c7a5ffcb8ce1629a364 - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - Rory Sabbatini of South Africa hits his tee shot on the 13th hole during the first round of The Barclays, the inaugural event of the new FedEx Cup Playoffs at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York. Sabbatini carded eight birdies without a bogey Thursday to claim the first-round lead with a 63 at the seven million-dollar Barclays.(AFP/Getty Images/Nick Laham)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:14:33 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nlf14.240807011428.photo00.photo.default-512x363.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=HhRC_PQ33tdGRwTG.0WOWQ-- Rory Sabbatini of South Africa hits his tee shot on the 13th ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - Rory Sabbatini of South Africa hits his tee shot on the 13th hole during the first round of The Barclays, the inaugural event of the new FedEx Cup Playoffs at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York. Sabbatini carded eight birdies without a bogey Thursday to claim the first-round lead with a 63 at the seven million-dollar Barclays.(AFP/Getty Images/Nick Laham)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) - - - France's 13th-seeded Gilles Simon defeated Russian Nikolay ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/55b88395d23ca5c299608241568250aa - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - France's 13th-seeded Gilles Simon defeated Russian Nikolay Davydenko, seen here 22 August 2007, 6-4, 6-4 in the third round of the Pilot Pen tennis tournament in New Haven, Connecticut.(AFP/Getty Images/File)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:16:37 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nky77.230807231630.photo00.photo.default-421x512.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=n_nl9kTWXrEv1TkdD8KCFg-- France's 13th-seeded Gilles Simon defeated Russian Nikolay ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - France's 13th-seeded Gilles Simon defeated Russian Nikolay Davydenko, seen here 22 August 2007, 6-4, 6-4 in the third round of the Pilot Pen tennis tournament in New Haven, Connecticut.(AFP/Getty Images/File)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) - - - James Blake of the US returns a backhand to Agustin Calleri ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/954754b1d2b90f6436628d9a75ae0e9a - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - James Blake of the US returns a backhand to Agustin Calleri of Argentina during the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament in New Haven, Connecticut. Blake won 3-6, 7-6, 6-1.(AFP/Getty Images/Elsa )


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:16:37 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nky77.230807231630.photo01.photo.default-512x373.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=Jom58JtFGVoHrRViMBpXeg-- James Blake of the US returns a backhand to Agustin Calleri ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - James Blake of the US returns a backhand to Agustin Calleri of Argentina during the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament in New Haven, Connecticut. Blake won 3-6, 7-6, 6-1.(AFP/Getty Images/Elsa )


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) - - - US Sen. John Warner, R-VA, pauses as he speaks during a news ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/577404c6aaecf051825b0213aff62a71 - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - US Sen. John Warner, R-VA, pauses as he speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Warner, an influential Republican on military affairs, urged President George W. Bush on Thursday to start a limited withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by Christmas.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:44:59 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nkx65.230807224452.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=To2iRBG0OxW8Avalx2FCXw-- US Sen. John Warner, R-VA, pauses as he speaks during a news ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - US Sen. John Warner, R-VA, pauses as he speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Warner, an influential Republican on military affairs, urged President George W. Bush on Thursday to start a limited withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by Christmas.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) - - - World number one Lorena Ochoa of Mexico poses for a portrait ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/c417d945178fe9756ec27e576fd8aefa - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - World number one Lorena Ochoa of Mexico poses for a portrait during the LPGA Safeway Classic at the Columbia Edgewater Country Club 22 August 2007 in Portland, Oregon. Ochoa launches her bid for a third straight LPGA title Friday at the 1.7 million-dollar Safeway Classic.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jonathan Ferrey)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:34:02 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nkx19.230807223357.photo00.photo.default-359x512.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=T5xJbHo03hnzwjCLPWEYWw-- World number one Lorena Ochoa of Mexico poses for a portrait ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - World number one Lorena Ochoa of Mexico poses for a portrait during the LPGA Safeway Classic at the Columbia Edgewater Country Club 22 August 2007 in Portland, Oregon. Ochoa launches her bid for a third straight LPGA title Friday at the 1.7 million-dollar Safeway Classic.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jonathan Ferrey)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) - - - A US Coast Guard air-boat stops on dry land on Main street, ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/cbbe5553793c8805b1258e5b6d93e4dc - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - A US Coast Guard air-boat stops on dry land on Main street, in Findlay, Ohio. Unrelenting storms and floods have forced thousands of people from their homes, while other US states have wilted in a record-breaking heatwave with the death toll from the extreme weather hitting the country rising to almost 50 Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:33:17 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nkx12.230807223303.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=LPGK7sDcBz0Ry.znbnYoAQ-- A US Coast Guard air-boat stops on dry land on Main street, ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - A US Coast Guard air-boat stops on dry land on Main street, in Findlay, Ohio. Unrelenting storms and floods have forced thousands of people from their homes, while other US states have wilted in a record-breaking heatwave with the death toll from the extreme weather hitting the country rising to almost 50 Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) - - - Local resident Jerome Crum walks down a flooded section of Main ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/d745cc5cb14fcf4d7cbe790796c5bf59 - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - Local resident Jerome Crum walks down a flooded section of Main street in Findlay, Ohio. Unrelenting storms and floods have forced thousands of people from their homes, while other US states have wilted in a record-breaking heatwave with the death toll from the extreme weather hitting the country rising to almost 50 Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:33:17 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nkx12.230807223303.photo01.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Kwx8NfnEbCVOKqwP1ghQvw-- Local resident Jerome Crum walks down a flooded section of Main ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - Local resident Jerome Crum walks down a flooded section of Main street in Findlay, Ohio. Unrelenting storms and floods have forced thousands of people from their homes, while other US states have wilted in a record-breaking heatwave with the death toll from the extreme weather hitting the country rising to almost 50 Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) - - - Christopher Esqueda (R) with his two children Rebbeca Rodriguez ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/ca51ebb8188e6808e4b42ed024f915a9 - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - Christopher Esqueda (R) with his two children Rebbeca Rodriguez and Elijach Rodriguez stand at a Red Cross shelter in Findlay, Ohio. Unrelenting storms and floods have forced thousands of people from their homes, while other US states have wilted in a record-breaking heatwave with the death toll from the extreme weather hitting the country rising to almost 50 Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:33:17 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nkx12.230807223303.photo02.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=qxbeYR.QdJ3bJgaKchtxsw-- Christopher Esqueda (R) with his two children Rebbeca Rodriguez ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - Christopher Esqueda (R) with his two children Rebbeca Rodriguez and Elijach Rodriguez stand at a Red Cross shelter in Findlay, Ohio. Unrelenting storms and floods have forced thousands of people from their homes, while other US states have wilted in a record-breaking heatwave with the death toll from the extreme weather hitting the country rising to almost 50 Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) - - - Local residents canoe down a flooded street 22 August 2007 in ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/a1d86aacf20b0b1d2c8f2407cb59b287 - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Local residents canoe down a flooded street 22 August 2007 in Ottawa, Ohio. Unrelenting storms and floods have forced thousands of people from their homes, while other US states have wilted in a record-breaking heatwave with the death toll from the extreme weather hitting the country rising to almost 50 Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:33:17 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nkx12.230807223303.photo03.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=6oQulKNBOVKzQEsjhl4NfA-- Local residents canoe down a flooded street 22 August 2007 in ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Local residents canoe down a flooded street 22 August 2007 in Ottawa, Ohio. Unrelenting storms and floods have forced thousands of people from their homes, while other US states have wilted in a record-breaking heatwave with the death toll from the extreme weather hitting the country rising to almost 50 Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) - - - Flood waters surround the local post office 22 August 2007 in ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/360eb0b1e59b3723c1dacb22545f0fff - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Flood waters surround the local post office 22 August 2007 in Ottawa, Ohio. Unrelenting storms and floods have forced thousands of people from their homes, while other US states have wilted in a record-breaking heatwave with the death toll from the extreme weather hitting the country rising to almost 50 Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:33:17 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nkx12.230807223303.photo04.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=xSuBuTEvmaEbeCn0AfCYdA-- Flood waters surround the local post office 22 August 2007 in ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Flood waters surround the local post office 22 August 2007 in Ottawa, Ohio. Unrelenting storms and floods have forced thousands of people from their homes, while other US states have wilted in a record-breaking heatwave with the death toll from the extreme weather hitting the country rising to almost 50 Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) - - - For centuries, people have claimed to have had out-of-body experiences ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/4c87c5d1efae33fc7b36ec9ac3d89f5c - - photo(AFP/Illustration) - For centuries, people have claimed to have had out-of-body experiences but now scientists have recreated the sensation without using drugs in the first experiments of their kind, a study said Thursday.(AFP/Illustration)


]]> (AFP/Illustration) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:08:39 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nkv70.230807220831.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=00iQhUZUQ8UG2PJvOH5g_Q-- For centuries, people have claimed to have had out-of-body experiences ... - - photo(AFP/Illustration) - For centuries, people have claimed to have had out-of-body experiences but now scientists have recreated the sensation without using drugs in the first experiments of their kind, a study said Thursday.(AFP/Illustration)


]]> (AFP/Illustration) - - - Parts of the vacant Deutsche Bank skyscraper burn in Lower Manhattan ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/05f310357b181fdcfc9c793004885f60 - - photo(AFP/File) - Parts of the vacant Deutsche Bank skyscraper burn in Lower Manhattan opposite Ground Zero in New York on 18 August 2007. Two firefighters were injured Thursday when scaffolding collapsed at the Deutsche Bank skyscraper in New York's "Ground Zero" where two others were killed in a fire last week, a fire department spokesman said.(AFP/File/Nicholas Roberts)


]]> (AFP/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:58:16 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nkp32.230807205548.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=Mr8K3C7eXNggRDuBW_7Nug-- Parts of the vacant Deutsche Bank skyscraper burn in Lower Manhattan ... - - photo(AFP/File) - Parts of the vacant Deutsche Bank skyscraper burn in Lower Manhattan opposite Ground Zero in New York on 18 August 2007. Two firefighters were injured Thursday when scaffolding collapsed at the Deutsche Bank skyscraper in New York's "Ground Zero" where two others were killed in a fire last week, a fire department spokesman said.(AFP/File/Nicholas Roberts)


]]> (AFP/File) - - - Partial view of the New York City skyline. New York's peeping ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/c0d3ade56fd3a452146307331969ae28 - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Partial view of the New York City skyline. New York's peeping toms could face up to 90 days in jail and a 500-dollar fine if caught leering over people in private or public places, under a bill put forward this week to outlaw voyeurism.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Al Bello)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:44:59 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nko02.230807204453.photo00.photo.default-512x326.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=E_XZi57f70KqDpf4DpGXPg-- Partial view of the New York City skyline. New York's peeping ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Partial view of the New York City skyline. New York's peeping toms could face up to 90 days in jail and a 500-dollar fine if caught leering over people in private or public places, under a bill put forward this week to outlaw voyeurism.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Al Bello)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) - - - People who claim to have had out-of-body experiences may not ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/b0670cc30d6e4b3ed7a9abeb590e4514 - - photo(AFP/Illustration) - People who claim to have had out-of-body experiences may not be kooky or high, just a little discombobulated, according to a study released Thursday suggesting that such events can be explained scientifically.(AFP/Illustration)


]]> (AFP/Illustration) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:41:07 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nkn69.230807204101.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=6WoG3HYKtMTItFb.HgjjsA-- People who claim to have had out-of-body experiences may not ... - - photo(AFP/Illustration) - People who claim to have had out-of-body experiences may not be kooky or high, just a little discombobulated, according to a study released Thursday suggesting that such events can be explained scientifically.(AFP/Illustration)


]]> (AFP/Illustration) - - - A US Coast Guard air-boat stops on dry land on Main street, ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/affd2f0a61ae0a7179324105673c4c60 - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - A US Coast Guard air-boat stops on dry land on Main street, in Findlay, Ohio. Three people at a bus stop were electrocuted in a lightning strike as the death toll mounted Thursday from storms, floods and a smothering heat wave battering the central United States.(AFP/Getty Images/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:07:48 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nkj98.230807200527.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=wqZcekIf1JDHMf46CIPe1Q-- A US Coast Guard air-boat stops on dry land on Main street, ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - A US Coast Guard air-boat stops on dry land on Main street, in Findlay, Ohio. Three people at a bus stop were electrocuted in a lightning strike as the death toll mounted Thursday from storms, floods and a smothering heat wave battering the central United States.(AFP/Getty Images/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) - - - Local resident Jerome Crum walks down a flooded section of Main ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/3381c1d2bfcb4203849e3174bbff0346 - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - Local resident Jerome Crum walks down a flooded section of Main street in Findlay, Ohio. Three people at a bus stop were electrocuted in a lightning strike as the death toll mounted Thursday from storms, floods and a smothering heat wave battering the central United States.(AFP/Getty Images/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:07:48 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nkj98.230807200527.photo01.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=8DTQ2DMif8pOShlkA8EW6A-- Local resident Jerome Crum walks down a flooded section of Main ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images) - Local resident Jerome Crum walks down a flooded section of Main street in Findlay, Ohio. Three people at a bus stop were electrocuted in a lightning strike as the death toll mounted Thursday from storms, floods and a smothering heat wave battering the central United States.(AFP/Getty Images/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images) - - - Local residents canoe down a flooded street 22 August 2007 in ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/d3bf4577c30416c9bd41c056c7baacd8 - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Local residents canoe down a flooded street 22 August 2007 in Ottawa, Ohio. Three people at a bus stop were electrocuted in a lightning strike as the death toll mounted Thursday from storms, floods and a smothering heat wave battering the central United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:07:48 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nkj98.230807200527.photo03.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=6CcO020DL4.jamqB1axZhg-- Local residents canoe down a flooded street 22 August 2007 in ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Local residents canoe down a flooded street 22 August 2007 in Ottawa, Ohio. Three people at a bus stop were electrocuted in a lightning strike as the death toll mounted Thursday from storms, floods and a smothering heat wave battering the central United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) - - - Flood waters surround the local post office 22 August 2007 in ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/beb798f8833d4c61203dfb31c5ce7dda - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Flood waters surround the local post office 22 August 2007 in Ottawa, Ohio. Three people at a bus stop were electrocuted in a lightning strike as the death toll mounted Thursday from storms, floods and a smothering heat wave battering the central United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:07:48 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nkj98.230807200527.photo04.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=GmCXv22_fx_fskGm3rPiUQ-- Flood waters surround the local post office 22 August 2007 in ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Flood waters surround the local post office 22 August 2007 in Ottawa, Ohio. Three people at a bus stop were electrocuted in a lightning strike as the death toll mounted Thursday from storms, floods and a smothering heat wave battering the central United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File/J. D. Pooley)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) - - - A woman uses an ATM at a Bank of America branch in New York ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/64a41131e265d6b4503730dbf496beef - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A woman uses an ATM at a Bank of America branch in New York City. The move by Bank of America to ride to the rescue of troubled mortgage giant Countrywide Financial boosted confidence about an easing of the credit squeeze, but analysts say it's not clear if the crisis is over.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:27:53 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nke96.230807192740.photo00.photo.default-512x349.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=NPXBl5VSx6zzCNRb3LUhdA-- A woman uses an ATM at a Bank of America branch in New York ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A woman uses an ATM at a Bank of America branch in New York City. The move by Bank of America to ride to the rescue of troubled mortgage giant Countrywide Financial boosted confidence about an easing of the credit squeeze, but analysts say it's not clear if the crisis is over.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) - - - Actress Lindsay Lohan, seen here in May 2007, was on Thursday ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/014875815b4e2fbf8df0bb71e65ecafa - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Actress Lindsay Lohan, seen here in May 2007, was on Thursday charged with seven misdemeanor counts following her twin drink-driving arrests but escaped more serious charges of felony cocaine possession.(AFP/Getty Images/File)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:52:59 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.njy95.230807184159.photo00.photo.default-361x512.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=GMPDW8Rc8FFdOqBAo_P_Ug-- Actress Lindsay Lohan, seen here in May 2007, was on Thursday ... - - photo(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Actress Lindsay Lohan, seen here in May 2007, was on Thursday charged with seven misdemeanor counts following her twin drink-driving arrests but escaped more serious charges of felony cocaine possession.(AFP/Getty Images/File)


]]> (AFP/Getty Images/File) - - - An Iraqi worker unloads grain from a Chinese ship at the Umm ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/aa134861fd3e653499a1274a716b9922 - - photo(AFP/File) - An Iraqi worker unloads grain from a Chinese ship at the Umm Qasr port, during the ninth phase of the United Nations oil-for-food deal in 2001. US industrial firm Textron has agreed to pay 4.65 million dollars in fines for kickbacks its French subsidiaries made in the now defunct UN oil-for-food program in Iraq, the US Justice Department said Thursday.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)


]]> (AFP/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:52:35 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.njy65.230807183951.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=5LC.dBnPll3Qe.P2hwXAYw-- An Iraqi worker unloads grain from a Chinese ship at the Umm ... - - photo(AFP/File) - An Iraqi worker unloads grain from a Chinese ship at the Umm Qasr port, during the ninth phase of the United Nations oil-for-food deal in 2001. US industrial firm Textron has agreed to pay 4.65 million dollars in fines for kickbacks its French subsidiaries made in the now defunct UN oil-for-food program in Iraq, the US Justice Department said Thursday.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)


]]> (AFP/File) - - - Experts say that US President George W. Bush, seen here 22 August ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/146c9d08b18c48ef85492cbdc7a2dad9 - - photo(AFP/File) - Experts say that US President George W. Bush, seen here 22 August 2007, may be misrepresenting history when he drew a parallel between the bloody wars Americans fought in East Asia to the current US "war on terror" to back his case for maintaining US troops in Iraq.(AFP/File/Jim Watson )


]]> (AFP/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:51:47 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.njy61.230807183926.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=Ivx6iuQlxAv9_JNPKPkBCg-- Experts say that US President George W. Bush, seen here 22 August ... - - photo(AFP/File) - Experts say that US President George W. Bush, seen here 22 August 2007, may be misrepresenting history when he drew a parallel between the bloody wars Americans fought in East Asia to the current US "war on terror" to back his case for maintaining US troops in Iraq.(AFP/File/Jim Watson )


]]> (AFP/File) - - - A photo taken 23 May 1975 shows inhabitants looking at an US ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/308c72113387258c741b1f58e5c187c5 - - photo(AFP/File) - A photo taken 23 May 1975 shows inhabitants looking at an US helicopter which was destroyed 29 April, the day before the takeover of Saigon, during refugees evacution. Experts say that US President George W. Bush may be misrepresenting history when he drew a parallel between the bloody wars Americans fought in East Asia to the current US "war on terror" to back his case for maintaining US troops in Iraq.(AFP/File)


]]> (AFP/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:51:47 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.njy61.230807183926.photo01.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=GwSbU1BPwcEVjEqqA.yaeQ-- A photo taken 23 May 1975 shows inhabitants looking at an US ... - - photo(AFP/File) - A photo taken 23 May 1975 shows inhabitants looking at an US helicopter which was destroyed 29 April, the day before the takeover of Saigon, during refugees evacution. Experts say that US President George W. Bush may be misrepresenting history when he drew a parallel between the bloody wars Americans fought in East Asia to the current US "war on terror" to back his case for maintaining US troops in Iraq.(AFP/File)


]]> (AFP/File) - - - An Iraqi policeman stands by the wreckage of car following a ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/e7174094a5017eadd5c11fb79e38aae9 - - photo(AFP) - An Iraqi policeman stands by the wreckage of car following a suicide bomb explosion in Baiji, north of Baghdad, 22 August 2007. Experts say that US President George W. Bush may be misrepresenting history when he drew a parallel between the bloody wars Americans fought in East Asia to the current US "war on terror" to back his case for maintaining US troops in Iraq.(AFP/Dia Hamid)


]]> (AFP) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:51:47 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.njy61.230807183926.photo02.photo.default-512x336.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=k7pl6Oa.N3rTdBgoyui9sA-- An Iraqi policeman stands by the wreckage of car following a ... - - photo(AFP) - An Iraqi policeman stands by the wreckage of car following a suicide bomb explosion in Baiji, north of Baghdad, 22 August 2007. Experts say that US President George W. Bush may be misrepresenting history when he drew a parallel between the bloody wars Americans fought in East Asia to the current US "war on terror" to back his case for maintaining US troops in Iraq.(AFP/Dia Hamid)


]]> (AFP) - - - US soldiers patrol a rural area on the outskirts of the northen ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/542363cec20a4e0bf4edbf4f5f036cdb - - photo(AFP/File) - US soldiers patrol a rural area on the outskirts of the northen city of Tikrit, Iraq, Jannuary 2006. Experts say that US President George W. Bush may be misrepresenting history when he drew a parallel between the bloody wars Americans fought in East Asia to the current US "war on terror" to back his case for maintaining US troops in Iraq.(AFP/File/Filippo Monteforte)


]]> (AFP/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:51:47 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.njy61.230807183926.photo03.photo.default-512x319.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=XZPwbEqSq6A.SJDmL1jaYA-- US soldiers patrol a rural area on the outskirts of the northen ... - - photo(AFP/File) - US soldiers patrol a rural area on the outskirts of the northen city of Tikrit, Iraq, Jannuary 2006. Experts say that US President George W. Bush may be misrepresenting history when he drew a parallel between the bloody wars Americans fought in East Asia to the current US "war on terror" to back his case for maintaining US troops in Iraq.(AFP/File/Filippo Monteforte)


]]> (AFP/File) - - - Stacks of the seventh and last instalment of British author ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/7319892e084a395aaea4e914e37ac4c9 - - photo(AFP/File) - Stacks of the seventh and last instalment of British author J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" are seen at a bookstore. Barnes Noble, Inc., the world's biggest bookseller, revealed Wednesday that Harry Potter's magic had helped boost its second quarter profit to over 18 million dollars.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm )


]]> (AFP/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:51:11 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.njy35.230807183728.photo00.photo.default-512x310.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=pPb55Vj_2J2XP7Q.KkKtkw-- Stacks of the seventh and last instalment of British author ... - - photo(AFP/File) - Stacks of the seventh and last instalment of British author J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" are seen at a bookstore. Barnes Noble, Inc., the world's biggest bookseller, revealed Wednesday that Harry Potter's magic had helped boost its second quarter profit to over 18 million dollars.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm )


]]> (AFP/File) - - - Fulham announced Thursday they have signed American international ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/659dbde0a9b8ec36979bf09fa10d703f - - photo(AFP/FIle) - Fulham announced Thursday they have signed American international goalkeeper Kasey Keller, seen here in June 2007.(AFP/FIle/Tasos Katopodis)


]]> (AFP/FIle) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:19:27 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nji50.230807170642.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=4nd2HnTbT3WWGI071XZeyA-- Fulham announced Thursday they have signed American international ... - - photo(AFP/FIle) - Fulham announced Thursday they have signed American international goalkeeper Kasey Keller, seen here in June 2007.(AFP/FIle/Tasos Katopodis)


]]> (AFP/FIle) - - - Allyson Felix of the US answers questions during a press conference ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/a51bafd3877b34c41af6f708bec3e393 - - photo(AFP) - Allyson Felix of the US answers questions during a press conference at Nagai stadium in Osaka. Felix admitted she was disappointed on Thursday after being dropped from the World Athletics Championships 100 metres.(AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)


]]> (AFP) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:19:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nji41.230807170629.photo00.photo.default-319x512.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=Tpo9Gp5PGji_b5hJkPe4XA-- Allyson Felix of the US answers questions during a press conference ... - - photo(AFP) - Allyson Felix of the US answers questions during a press conference at Nagai stadium in Osaka. Felix admitted she was disappointed on Thursday after being dropped from the World Athletics Championships 100 metres.(AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)


]]> (AFP) - - - Iraqi police commandos search the back of a truck at a checkpoint ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/a49a13d53ab5456b8b5788993ab4140b - - photo(AFP/File) - Iraqi police commandos search the back of a truck at a checkpoint in Baghdad, 01 April 2007. A US Army captain has been arrested in New York on charges of accepting kickbacks in return for steering lucrative supply contracts for the US military in Iraq, prosecutors said.(AFP/File/Ahmad Al-Rubaye )


]]> (AFP/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:53:54 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nin59.230807154854.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=1Fc4O7hgmEtxfpIawqeUMA-- Iraqi police commandos search the back of a truck at a checkpoint ... - - photo(AFP/File) - Iraqi police commandos search the back of a truck at a checkpoint in Baghdad, 01 April 2007. A US Army captain has been arrested in New York on charges of accepting kickbacks in return for steering lucrative supply contracts for the US military in Iraq, prosecutors said.(AFP/File/Ahmad Al-Rubaye )


]]> (AFP/File) - - - US President George W. Bush address the Veterans of Foreign ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/a253af1c5052fa7500a73c49a47f22b7 - - photo(AFP) - US President George W. Bush address the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. Bush on Wednesday warned that a hasty withdrawal from Iraq would trigger a bloodbath like the one in Southeast Asia after the US defeat and retreat from Vietnam.(AFP/Jim Watson)


]]> (AFP) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:56:30 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nhy42.230807144810.photo03.photo.default-512x330.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=MvPMvLFYo3_NfqPVT0zqeA-- US President George W. Bush address the Veterans of Foreign ... - - photo(AFP) - US President George W. Bush address the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. Bush on Wednesday warned that a hasty withdrawal from Iraq would trigger a bloodbath like the one in Southeast Asia after the US defeat and retreat from Vietnam.(AFP/Jim Watson)


]]> (AFP) - - - Early morning light illuminates the wreckage of the World Trade ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/0f340333bd3dd9b38e374e765f81827e - - photo(AFP/File) - Early morning light illuminates the wreckage of the World Trade Center 25 September, 2001 in New York. US President George W. Bush on Wednesday drew parallels between Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor and the September 11 attacks by Islamic militants to press his case for staying in Iraq.(AFP/File/Eric Feferberg)


]]> (AFP/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:56:30 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nhy42.230807144810.photo04.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=nJ8vzgY.aoZ_DJqPnq_nbg-- Early morning light illuminates the wreckage of the World Trade ... - - photo(AFP/File) - Early morning light illuminates the wreckage of the World Trade Center 25 September, 2001 in New York. US President George W. Bush on Wednesday drew parallels between Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor and the September 11 attacks by Islamic militants to press his case for staying in Iraq.(AFP/File/Eric Feferberg)


]]> (AFP/File) - - - The US Pacific Fleet burns in its home base at Pearl Harbor ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/9a75d5a0024cf0b907c41613eef1d531 - - photo(AFP/File) - The US Pacific Fleet burns in its home base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii after 360 Japanese warplanes made a massive surprise attack, 07 December 1941. US President George W. Bush on Wednesday drew parallels between Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor and the September 11 attacks by Islamic militants to press his case for staying in Iraq.(AFP/File)


]]> (AFP/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:56:30 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.nhy42.230807144810.photo05.photo.default-512x344.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=IV2581amDqcZ8imGtT3wmw-- The US Pacific Fleet burns in its home base at Pearl Harbor ... - - photo(AFP/File) - The US Pacific Fleet burns in its home base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii after 360 Japanese warplanes made a massive surprise attack, 07 December 1941. US President George W. Bush on Wednesday drew parallels between Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor and the September 11 attacks by Islamic militants to press his case for staying in Iraq.(AFP/File)


]]> (AFP/File) - - - Tyson Gay (R) and Wallace Spearmon pose for photos during day ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/83d50d92cc3d40377f71ebc2e36b9955 - - photo(AFP/GettyImages/File) - Tyson Gay (R) and Wallace Spearmon pose for photos during day four of the AT&T USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, end of June. Spearmon on Thursday said he had put his friendship with superstar Gay on hold as both target world 200m gold. Spearmon said he had avoided Gay since arriving for the World Athletics Championships eight days ago.(AFP/GettyImages/File/Andy Lyons)


]]> (AFP/GettyImages/File) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:04:10 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.ngi55.230807120008.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=WPwyb48oC7c0Sf1bYI.irA-- Tyson Gay (R) and Wallace Spearmon pose for photos during day ... - - photo(AFP/GettyImages/File) - Tyson Gay (R) and Wallace Spearmon pose for photos during day four of the AT&T USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, end of June. Spearmon on Thursday said he had put his friendship with superstar Gay on hold as both target world 200m gold. Spearmon said he had avoided Gay since arriving for the World Athletics Championships eight days ago.(AFP/GettyImages/File/Andy Lyons)


]]> (AFP/GettyImages/File) - - - Nikolay Davydenko of Russia walks off the court after defeating ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1549/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1549/im:/070823/photos_ts_afp/8341024cc84d6691bc1bfc719fd62a3a - - photo(AFP/GettyImages) - Nikolay Davydenko of Russia walks off the court after defeating Donald Young of the US in the Pilot Pen hardcourt tournament at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Top seed and defending champion Davydenko escaped defeat, fending off a determined challenge from Young to win 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.(AFP/GettyImages/Elsa)


]]> (AFP/GettyImages) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:51:33 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070823/capt.sge.ngf58.230807114708.photo00.photo.default-345x512.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=3IJQjTYoIktaf93MaxjHFA-- Nikolay Davydenko of Russia walks off the court after defeating ... - - photo(AFP/GettyImages) - Nikolay Davydenko of Russia walks off the court after defeating Donald Young of the US in the Pilot Pen hardcourt tournament at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Top seed and defending champion Davydenko escaped defeat, fending off a determined challenge from Young to win 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.(AFP/GettyImages/Elsa)


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