What's the deal with "google.com"???

[TrampolineFrSpace]

When I log into LP Forum, I see google.com as a pseudo-user.  I just thought that they were always scanning the forum for new posts to put into their search engines.  If you are a member of LP Forum, try typing your member name into a google search--you'll get to see ALL of your posts.

Anyways, I've been checking the board index, and occasionally you'll catch "google.com" doing non-searching type things that just don't seem right.

I have a screen capture from today showing google.com emailing a post.  I also saw google.com reading through a thread that didn't exist when I tried to pull it up.  This was the most fishy thing that I've seen on LP Forum.  I've also seen google.com doing "User CP".  (Edit: I found out that User CP = User Control Panel.  This seems even stranger.)

google.com is not listed as a real account.

Anyone else notice this weirdness??

[TrampolineFrSpace]

I'm going to post my screen capture, but this afternoon, I caught Google.com looking at thread "songs I just don't understand".  The problem is that this thread no longer exists.

Here is the LP Forum link to the thread.

[Denneval]

When the user "google.com" is browsing the site, it's caching the pages for their own referencing.

[TrampolineFrSpace]

I'll have to post some of my screen captures.

I've got google.com doing a PM (personal message).  I've also got google.com emailing a topic.  These don't seem like archival activities to me.

[harkrider]

My assumption is that the google bot merely exercises all possible links.  It follows every link, clickes every button, but doesn't follow through.  It flirts with the site, then moves on.  I don't think it could delete threads.