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Grover
04-09-2004, 10:05 AM
Hi,

I was advice to ask this question overhere, but I do not know of this is the right forum, so please move it if it isn't. :

I have setup my forums so that Guest have ONLY access to my 'Announcement'-forum. ALL the other forums are invisible to them, unless they register ofcourse.

My question was : does this setup have a negative effect on how my forums are being indexed by searchengines? Does it have a negative effect on spiders trying to index my site?

The anwer was:Yes, spiders are guests, if guests cant view, neither can spiders.You may be able to give access to certain IP's with a hack, then you could allow most spiders access. Try asking at vBulletin.org.
My new question is: is it possible to achieve this and how?

Thanks for any help,

Grover
04-09-2004, 10:06 AM
<font size="1">Oops... I'm using VB3 not VB2... wrong forum: sorry.</font>

Grover
04-13-2004, 05:49 AM
Can anyone help me out on this? Thanks.