diff --git a/1000_bots_webextension/manifest.json b/1000_bots_webextension/manifest.json index 9ef886b..1ff9f3e 100644 --- a/1000_bots_webextension/manifest.json +++ b/1000_bots_webextension/manifest.json @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ { - "homepage_url": "https://1000scores.com", + "homepage_url": "http://1000scores.com/portfolio-items/mediengruppe-bitnik-1000-bots/", "name": "1000 Bots", "browser_specific_settings": { "gecko": { @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ "strict_min_version": "55.0" } }, - "description": "Surf the net as the most famous internet user - the google bot.", + "description": "Have you ever wanted to surf the webs as a bot? Ever wondered what the Googlebot get’s to see online that you do not? Install 1000 Bots to find out and surf the Internet as Googlebot – the most influential Internet user of all", "version": "0.0.1", "background": { "scripts": ["background.js"], diff --git a/README.md b/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index 02bfec2..0000000 --- a/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@ -# 1000_bots_webextension - -google bot user agent browser extension -Logo from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Google_%22G%22_Logo.svg diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..27ab7ab --- /dev/null +++ b/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +1000 Bots - Surf the Web as Googlebot + +Have you ever wanted to surf the webs as a bot? Ever wondered what the Googlebot get’s to see online that you do not? Install 1000 Bots to find out and surf the Internet as Googlebot – the most influential Internet +user of all. + +1000 Bots is a simple web extension which changes your browser’s user agent to that of the Googlebot. Googlebot is a web crawler which surfs the web extensively to build a searchable index for the Google search engine (making it one of the most influential Internet users. Only what it sees is indexed and can be found by other users later). By changing your settings to match those of Googlebot, you become one of thousands of Google web crawlers browsing the web to index its contents. + +Surfing the web as Googlebot gives you access to what is referred to as the grey web, a layer of content only visible to bots. In some cases it might give you access to websites and archives that are usually hidden behind a paywall. Because while the website owner will serve the normal user a login page, they will give web crawlers access to their full archive in order for it to be represented in Google’s search results. + +Firefox: +https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1000-bots/ + +Chrome: + + +Step 1: +💻 Install the web extension + +Step 2: +📡 To start surfing as Googlebot, clicking on the icon in the browser toolbar + +Step 3: +🏄🏾‍♀️ Surf your favourite websites + +Step 4: +🌐 Check RYBN's Double Negative Capchas to see if you pass the bot test. +https://1000scores.com/portfolio-items/rybn-double-negative-captchas/ +(Sometimes take the test twice until it works) + +1000 Bots is an art piece by !Mediengruppe Bitnik commissioned by the website 1000scores.com & Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus Berlin. +It is a response to @RYBNs wonderful work Double Negative Captchas. + +The source code [2] for 1000 Bots is free software and published under the GNU GPLv3. + +<3 !Mediengruppe Bitnik + + +[1] https://1000scores.com/ +[2] https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/data/2020/1000_scores_webextension.zip + +Logo from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Google_%22G%22_Logo.svg diff --git a/gfx/logo.png b/gfx/logo.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5e7c71b Binary files /dev/null and b/gfx/logo.png differ diff --git a/gfx/logo_128.png b/gfx/logo_128.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..750c3ff Binary files /dev/null and b/gfx/logo_128.png differ diff --git a/make_zip.sh b/make_zip.sh index 5bfbb2e..54c2ce2 100644 --- a/make_zip.sh +++ b/make_zip.sh @@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ now=$(date +"%y_%m_%d_%H_%M") zip_filename="1000_scores_webextension_$now.zip" cd 1000_bots_webextension/ -zip -r -FS ../$zip_filename * --exclude '*.git*' +zip -r -FS ../zip/$zip_filename * --exclude '*.git*' echo $zip_filename