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findmeareptile · #1 03-24-2009, 08:23 AM

on my forum we have stopped people viewing the cointent due to them other places taking info, and using it on there site, so what i did was stop guests from viewing the forum and content.

but i noticed when viewing "whos online" that google/ yahoo etc are all getting the "stop" messsage..
so now i need to know how i can stop guests, but allow search engines.

i have approved all the serch engines, and i have VBSEO also, but now they are getting the stop message, and i want them to be able to get my content..

any ideas?
Thanks.

Tom

stonesy · #2 03-24-2009, 09:25 AM

Use a robot.txt file
See THIS LINK for details

findmeareptile · #3 03-24-2009, 09:36 AM

thank you.

--------------- Added [DATE]1237892547[/DATE] at [TIME]1237892547[/TIME] ---------------

where di a create this txt file in admin?..
sorry im a noob..lol

BlueNinjaGo · #4 03-24-2009, 02:11 PM

I use Limited Guest Viewing to solve this issue... It allows bots but limits guests... I do have 1 or 2 boards not viewable by guests but if I don't want guests to visit them, I don't want them to appear in Google's search results... ya know?

GTAce · #5 03-24-2009, 02:17 PM

As you do this, beware of cloaking

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