Crawling,

What's the deal with Google crawlbots anyway? Could they have thought of a creepier (almost by definition) name for their little automated software constructs that sludge their way over html and pdf alike? I mean, yes they're useful, and probably knowledge of their existence will help us in the Great War against the machines (Woe!) but come on. Of course I'm posting this on a google partner's service which probably isn't a good idea - worse still since I've recently come to know that Google now own Mars. Well, it's in the interests of humanity after all. Eat plasma bots!