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What is Googlebot-Image doing?

StephenA Jan 6, 2011 6:14 AM
Posted in group: Webmaster Central

Categories: Images & video content :

I have read the FAQs and checked for similar issues: YES
My site's URL (web address) is: www.canalplan.org.uk
Description (including timeline of any changes made):

Google Image is crawling my site but I'd like to know why it does things like this:


66.249.66.48 - - [06/Jan/2011:13:52:03 +0000] "GET /photos/normal/bqqo_0.jpg%7Chttp://www.noaarbel.com/t-images/table340B-249.jpg%7Chttp://sloweye.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bare_taboret_4601.jpg%7Chttp://www.150th.com/letters/150e779.jpg%7Chttp://i41.tinypic.com/14tx8k4.jpg%7Chttp://www.downtownexpress.com/de_44/park.jpg%7Chttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4m1qG_bCgoE/Sukc-0g9MaI/AAAAAAAAAUs/kNikkLcbZPw/s400/091028UnderTheBridge.jpg%7Chttp://bridgehunter.com/photos/19/02/190237-M.jpg%7Chttp://web1.msue.msu.edu/cyf/youth/michart05/images/C0550.jpg%7Chttp://www.gallerym.com/images/work/big/feininger_a_vintage_Mitsui%20Line%20ship%20passing%20under%20Brooklyn%20Bridge%20on%20the%20East%20River_New%20York_1954_L.jpg%7Chttp://fol.org.za/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/bridge.jpg%7Chttp://bp2.blogger.com/_calqx8xZNCo/RvwGrUcD8DI/AAAAAAAAAFc/cagesByHCZg/s400/rs.jpg%7Chttp://www.h2owatertaxis.com.au/images/large/att-harbour-bridge.html_PHOTO.jpg%7Chttp://www.hoyanime.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/arakawa.jpg%7Chttp://bridgehunter.com/photos/12/98/129894-M.jpg%7Chttp://www.bohol.ph/pics/large/strongbridge.jpg%7Chttp://www.kittyempire.org/canoetrip/underbridge.jpg%7Chttp://77.img.v4.skyrock.net/777/wii60/pics/2456847037_small_6.jpg%7Chttp://brookschurch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/brooklyn-bridge.jpg%7Chttp://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/SSB/images/bridges/marquam.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 1528 "-" "Googlebot-Image/1.0"