Can I recognize Google spiders ?

[Winter Sonata]

Hello, Can I recognize Google spiders from my site visitors to create a usergroup to them and give them new permission

i want to disable the forums from site vistors but not from spiders, Can I ?

Thanks in advanced

[KevinL]

I don't think Google allows that..I am pretty sure it is against their TOS.

[Winter Sonata]

you mean it doesn't allow publishing their Ads in private forums ?

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if yes, Is there any way to solve that ?

[KevinL]

No I mean that the spiders have to have access everywhere site visitors have access to.

[Videx]

Originally Posted by Winter Sonata

i want to disable the forums from site vistors but not from spiders, Can I ?

I think you're asking the question incorrectly. You cannot make a private forum (that say, Registered Users cannot see), and allow spiders to index it. That wouldn't make any sense, as members could just read the 'private' forum at Google.

Maybe what you're looking for is Limited Guest Viewing -- Motivate Guests to Register which can block guests, but won't block spiders.