Aaaaaaaggghhh! Google!! in Site Updates
- Oct. 18, 2013, 12:27 a.m.
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I've noticed some recent concern about Google indexing public site content.
(I, for one, welcome our not-so-new search overlords)
To address this concern, I've created a robots.txt file. My understanding is that Google and reputable search engines will honor this, and not index URLs that begin with:
- /box/
- /book/
- /entry/
- /search/
Basically, any URLs I could think of that may provide user-specific data in search results. So hopefully that solves it and puts people at ease. Obviously the effects won't be instantaneous; Google will have to crawl the site again and cycle out their current content. So we shall see.
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Kate ⋅ October 18, 2013
Alrighty then.
Deleted user ⋅ October 18, 2013
May I tell you how thankful I am that Prosebox exists and that you care about it. Open Diary is so frustrating that I just can't take it anymore. I've established this prosebox - 90 Day Weight Loss Challenge - so my friends and I may write and share. I have a question, is it possible to change the email address associated with the account?
Deleted user ⋅ October 18, 2013
90 Day Weight Loss Challenge = WildRose (one of the users)
Lepetit pumpkinesque ⋅ October 18, 2013
You keep doing it :) I stopped posting at Od because it just got so frustrating to cross post
Deleted user ⋅ October 18, 2013
You're like Jesus, you address our problems practically before we speak them. That might have been a bit of an overstatement. Bwahahahaha!
Camdengirl ⋅ October 18, 2013
This was a concern to me so I'm amazed that you have sorted so fast - yeah, I know it'll take a couple of months to kick in, but that's pretty awesome!
LivingWaterCreek ⋅ October 24, 2013
:) It is a nice thing to actually invite someone into your house these days. So many invaders. Thanks for this effort!