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#209293 - 03/26/08 07:16 PM this forum is indexed by google...
elmo Offline
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Registered: 03/25/08
Posts: 13
Loc: NYC
I was hacking around google and discovered that my profile and a post on this forum was indexed. It should not be!

What the forum needs is a robots.txt file to keep out google.....
The txt file can be quite specific about what it does not want indexed.


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Profile for elmo - UBB.threads Community
Homepage: http://www.151e83.com. IM (ICQ):. IM (YAHOO):. IM (MSN):. IM (AIM): ... Hobbies:. Location: NYC. Your Forum URL: www.151e83.com/ubbthreads ...
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portal page problem: active posts& Active Topics on top of page ...
stranger Registered: 03/25/08 Posts: 2 Loc: NYC. The question: How do i get rid of them? Take a look http://www.151e83.com/ubbthreads/ Thanks in advance ...
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#209294 - 03/26/08 07:30 PM Re: this forum is indexed by google... [Re: elmo]
AllenAyres Moderator Offline

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That's a matter of preference for the administrator of any site - myself I don't care if google has my profile here indexed, it's one reason why I add my website url to my profile smile I don't put anything in my profile on any site I wouldn't want the world to know...

Do a search for robots.txt here, there's one being developed for site admins who do want to block certain pages from being indexed.
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#209296 - 03/26/08 09:04 PM Re: this forum is indexed by google... [Re: AllenAyres]
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Originally Posted By: AllenAyres
it's one reason why I add my website url to my profile smile


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google may not much care for the urls in your signature these days smile
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#209298 - 03/26/08 10:40 PM Re: this forum is indexed by google... [Re: Okusi Associates]
Gizmo Moderator Offline

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I love rel="nofollow"... so many spammers now adays...
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#209299 - 03/27/08 12:42 AM Re: this forum is indexed by google... [Re: Gizmo]
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rel="nofollow"? Dubya Tea Eff?? HERE??? :/
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#209308 - 03/27/08 03:04 AM Re: this forum is indexed by google... [Re: AllenAyres]
elmo Offline
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Registered: 03/25/08
Posts: 13
Loc: NYC
Originally Posted By: AllenAyres
That's a matter of preference for the administrator of any site

Actually it's this (ubbcentral) site I was talking about.
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#209311 - 03/27/08 05:53 AM Re: this forum is indexed by google... [Re: Okusi Associates]
AllenAyres Moderator Offline

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Originally Posted By: Okusi Associates
Originally Posted By: AllenAyres
it's one reason why I add my website url to my profile smile


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google may not much care for the urls in your signature these days smile



I thought we were talking about links to websites in our profile, it's there.
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#209312 - 03/27/08 05:54 AM Re: this forum is indexed by google... [Re: elmo]
AllenAyres Moderator Offline

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Originally Posted By: elmo
Originally Posted By: AllenAyres
That's a matter of preference for the administrator of any site

Actually it's this (ubbcentral) site I was talking about.


Exactly, not sure why anyone would put something in any profile they wouldn't want shared with the world...
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#209313 - 03/27/08 05:56 AM Re: this forum is indexed by google... [Re: jgeoff]
AllenAyres Moderator Offline

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Originally Posted By: jgeoff
rel="nofollow"? Dubya Tea Eff?? HERE??? :/


agreed, not sure why we'd be concerned with url's in signatures not being followed by search engines - why else would a site owner link to their website at a site for forum administrators?
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#209817 - 04/05/08 12:05 AM Re: this forum is indexed by google... [Re: AllenAyres]
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Agree - no follow in signatures is not needed frown
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