Software programs, used by search engines, that crawl the web visiting sites to analyze the key words, headers, content, and links to other sites are called ________.
A) search aggregators
B) lexical analyzers
C) spiders
D) data harvesters

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The software programs that perform the mentioned actions are commonly known as web crawlers or spiders. Option A is incorrect as search aggregators are services that collect and organize search results from multiple search engines. Option B, lexical analyzers, refers to software programs that analyze text in order to determine its structure and meaning, and is not specific to search engine crawlers. Option D, data harvesters, generally refers to software programs that collect data from online sources for various purposes and may or may not be used by search engines.

Software Programs, Used by Search Engines, That Crawl the Web