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Resources on how web crawlers work?

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How to write a crawler?

I am interested in learning about how web crawlers and other similar "robots" work, does anyone have any recommendations on reading material (preferably free and online)? Note: i am not interested in building a web crawler, I'm just interested in how they work.

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