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By TonyS - Wednesday, February 14, 2007
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Can anyone confirm that published family tree when not Public are free from Google (or other search engine) Searches?
Thanks in advance
Tony S.
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By GenoProSupport - Wednesday, February 14, 2007
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If your tree is hidden, then it won't be indexed because there are no incoming links. On the other hand, once your tree has been indexed by a search engine, then hiding it won't stop the search engine to index new pages. In the later case, you need to set a password to protect your tree.
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By TonyS - Wednesday, February 14, 2007
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Thanks for your response.
I wonder though if the administrators would be willing to add a robots.txt file to instruct the search engines not to index the site or know if adding the robots.txt would have the desired effect.
Tony S.
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By GenoProSupport - Wednesday, February 14, 2007
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Great suggestion. I think we can have an option of having a hidden tree and not indexed by search engines. Some individuals want their tree hidden from our public directory (http://familytrees.genopro.com/Directory.aspx), yet indexed by search engines.
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By TonyS - Wednesday, February 14, 2007
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Do you think then that you'll implement that feature?
Could you report back when it's in place and working?
Thanks in advance
Tony S.
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