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Kai Bond Sin 03-22-2012 10:16 AM

Would my setup (details inside) prevent Google from indexing certain forums?
 
Hello all.

I had a quick search around for someone with the same problem as me but they all seem to be a variant of it, so I decided it would be better to post a thread about it.

Here's the situation: My setup is version 4.1.5

We have 2 forums.
The first one is a public one which is read only for none members, and can be posted in by members.
Recently we've setup a 2nd forum and from the very beginning we have made it hidden to everyone unless they are part of XYZ Usergroup.

Based on the above setting, and that it's a hidden forum since the beginning of its time, would it still be possible for Google to find it and index it as part of its search results?

I am confident that I have bullet proofed it because:

1. Forum is unviewable if not logged in. Displays a login prompt
2. When logged in with a user not in XYZ Usergroup, a prompt says there is unsufficient privaleges
3. Only an admin can move a specific user into XZY Usergroup

Is there anything I might've missed that Google/any other crawler can get through?

Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this.

Adam H 03-22-2012 10:41 AM

If a Guest can not see the forum then neither can google. Unless you have integrated Google's "one click free" technology which i doubt you have.

Kai Bond Sin 03-26-2012 09:29 AM

Thanks for the reassurance. I did also think that, but as no one else knows vBulletin around me, I thought it'd be better to get a second opinion! :)


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