Makeing my forums registed only and have crawlers

[Amit86]

Hello again,
I want to make my forums available only for registed users,
So you have to register before you can read posts etc,
I still want all google and yahoo crawlers to surf my posts and get new information,
Is there a way to make bots registed without making google register my site?

Thanks,
Amit

[calorie]

Bots are treated as guests, so whatever guests can view, bots can view. What you want to do is called cloaking, and you should read this thread before proceeding.

[Brandon Sheley]

This is cloaking, google and other search engines will ban you when they catch wind
I'd strongly advise against this..

cheers