Googlebot and closed forums

[narutoroot]

If a forum is closed to guests can the google bot see the thread content
probally a newb question but idk for sure
-narutoroot

narutoroot Reviewed by narutoroot on 6th Jul 2009. Googlebot and closed forums If a forum is closed to guests can the google bot see the thread content probally a newb question but idk for sure -narutoroot<3 Rating: 5

[r0ck]

no....however there are mods to get around this

[narutoroot]

thnks ill just leave them opened

[ACE]

lol yes there is a way.. there should be 2 different groups. 1 for guests, 1 for bots... diable access for guests... enable it for bots.. easy as that

[Krun!x]

lol yes there is a way.. there should be 2 different groups. 1 for guests, 1 for bots... diable access for guests... enable it for bots.. easy as that

Yes, phpbb3 has a separated groups for bots and guests. If you have VIP, Staff Section or something like that don't allow bots there because someone could change "user-agent" at browser to bot and he will be able to see all sections like bots(including VIP / Staff if you allowed bots there)

[SJshah]

Yes, phpbb3 has a separated groups for bots and guests. If you have VIP, Staff Section or something like that don't allow bots there because someone could change "user-agent" at browser to bot and he will be able to see all sections like bots(including VIP / Staff if you allowed bots there)

thats just common sense.

This technique is used by a lot of sites. particularly sites with links, which in order to see you will need to register..
Google's cache is a way around it. But usually i only do that if the next 2 or 3 sites on the list dont contain what i want.

yeah its easy to get around it without signing up.


if you do that, the members that sign up are more likely to be leechers and you will end up with a large commuity full of leechers with very few good, active members.

[r0ck]

well yea I have to add what I said is if you have vb

but still mods to make it work

[Ak47]

It can be done on vbulletin

[3ROk3N]

add permission in robot.txt

[UltimA]

If Google can see content that unregistered users can't, this is called cloaking.
Your site will then eventually be Google banned.

haz fun wit dat.