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Started by petewadey, June 28, 2025, 11:47:53 AM

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petewadey

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Indexing Members Profiles

June 28, 2025, 11:47:53 AM

I notice Google and Bing are trying to index my members' profiles. How can I stop this from happening?

shawnb61

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June 28, 2025, 11:59:44 AM

They honor robots.txt.

See info here:
https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?msg=4179600

& an example here:
https://github.com/sbulen/SMF-bot-hygiene

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petewadey

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June 28, 2025, 12:24:15 PM

Thanks. I've copied and pasted the robots.txt. I'll keep an eye on things.

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June 28, 2025, 02:02:05 PM

With Google it really helps to setup the Google Search Console & get familiar with it.

A question worth asking is born in experience & driven by necessity. - Fripp

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