We got "gamed" - Page 2

Undertoad · 09-05-2004, 10:50 AM

I did forget about one advantage to letting them roam: inbound links. Every inbound link increases our importance to Google. But yesterday this lowbrow site linked to an iotd blog view, and it really hit the bandwidth hard. Over 7000 views of that page alone.

I should investigate putting some sort of advertising on the blog view to try to recover for the loss of bandwidth for something that won't do us any good any other way. Otherwise, if this keeps up, I may have to shut the blog view down.

YellowBolt · 09-06-2004, 11:13 AM

Y'know, there IS a way to hide the Cellar from Google using some proper coding or whatever... dunno what it is, though.

jaguar · 09-06-2004, 11:36 AM

robots.txt, nothing too complex. I'm not sure about more complex stuff like making it not pick up links we post and things like that though but I'm sure it's webserver level stuff.

Undertoad · 09-06-2004, 11:47 AM

I don't want to hide it from Google! Unless things get way out of hand.

elSicomoro · 09-06-2004, 11:47 AM

From what I've seen, not having a robots.txt file would prevent search engines from picking up anything.

jaguar · 09-06-2004, 12:04 PM

No, not having a robots.txt file means they can do what they want, follow every link etc.

elSicomoro · 09-06-2004, 12:48 PM

But will any results be posted?

09-06-2004, 11:36 AM	#18
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	robots.txt, nothing too complex. I'm not sure about more complex stuff like making it not pick up links we post and things like that though but I'm sure it's webserver level stuff. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

09-06-2004, 12:04 PM	#21
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	No, not having a robots.txt file means they can do what they want, follow every link etc. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

09-05-2004, 10:50 AM	#16
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I did forget about one advantage to letting them roam: inbound links. Every inbound link increases our importance to Google. But yesterday this lowbrow site linked to an iotd blog view, and it really hit the bandwidth hard. Over 7000 views of that page alone. I should investigate putting some sort of advertising on the blog view to try to recover for the loss of bandwidth for something that won't do us any good any other way. Otherwise, if this keeps up, I may have to shut the blog view down.

09-06-2004, 11:13 AM	#17
YellowBolt I lurk with the best of them Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: not close to philadelphia. :( well, not THAT close. Posts: 146	Y'know, there IS a way to hide the Cellar from Google using some proper coding or whatever... dunno what it is, though.

09-06-2004, 11:47 AM	#19
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I don't want to hide it from Google! Unless things get way out of hand.

09-06-2004, 11:47 AM	#20
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	From what I've seen, not having a robots.txt file would prevent search engines from picking up anything.

09-06-2004, 12:48 PM	#22
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	But will any results be posted?

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