Close Forum for visitors but still accept SEO visitors like google.

[shackles]

Hi I dont know if this can be done, but it probably can but i dont know how.

I want to make that my forum when a visitor connects to it he can only see Notice y Example Boards(for example), so you have to register/login, to view the rest.

But my question is, would this not affect google and other search engine getting Topics and thread to
site:www.mypage.com for example.
And if it does affect is there anything that i can do?, for example make an exception for google.

[Illori]

you can set permissions as to which boards guests can view, those are the same boards the bots will be able to see.

[shackles]

I know i can set permissions for boards. I am planing to uncheck "visitors" on all the boards. So they have to login, bus this would affect my google rank truE?

[Illori]

yes as google bots are considered guests

[shackles]

Is there a mod or any type?

How about in SMF 2?

[Illori]

if you do give bots access and not guests you will loose your ranking anyway, look it up.

[ApplianceJunk]

You can't have your cake and eat it too.