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Can Google view a members profile?

Started by 2babies=tired, August 24, 2010, 04:06:10 AM

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2babies=tired

I have my forum permissions set so that a guest cannot view a members profile - (it demands they login if you click on someones profile)

But on the 'who's online' bit, it says a guest is viewing a certain members profile. The IP is Google. Google spiders can't really access members profiles can they?

Oya

if you log out can you see a users profile as if you cant neither can google

2babies=tired

Thanks Oya. I've checked by logging out and I can't access the info, just worried me.

YogiBear

Which version of 2.0 are you using, 2babies? I found on RC2 this happened frequently but on RC3 no prob. Search Engines are always trying to read something but it doesn't mean they can.

As Oya said if you can't see it it's very doubtful a search engine can.
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2babies=tired

I am using RC3 YogiBear. Thanks very much for the reassurance :)

Afro

You can stop them through robots.txt.

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