[ShawneyJ]

Originally Posted by eJM

That's not the same. If you have to devise special code, whether that be template edits or a plug-in, you are giving the spiders an advantage website visitors do not have. If the content is blocked from view until a user meets certain requirements, like registering, agreeing to terms and being added to a special usergroup, then you are causing the spiders to circumvent these requirements, which the normal user cannot do.

If the possibility exists for a user of this modification to be banned or penalized by Google or another popular search engine, you should state it in the modification description. If you have proof that search engines will not punish users of this mod, then there isn't a problem. It's my opinion that you have an ethical responsibility to your customers (a customer isn't always someone who pays a fee) to keep them informed of any possible consequences from using this software.

Jim

well if IP.Boards are allowed to do it the last few years, then so can we yeah? it comes standard with IP.Boards, its bloody built in m8...get banned from google. you mean black listed? i'd doubt that to. its all about the guests, what users can see bots can see, also i see no IP.Boards black listed. copy and paste where its says on google about "guests" or send me a link. ""Guests"". no offense but send some proof on this page, as what you told Ziki to add is going to scare everyone off from using this addon completely.
yeah agreed, be safe, but bring on the proof first.
also hows the bots going to no what guests can see or cant see?
sorry but this is just the same as what comes standard with IP.Boards, if they can use it so can we true? other wise this to me makes no damn sense.