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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. |
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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.
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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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