Members only area bad for SEO?

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by RovingCalypso, Jul 31, 2007.

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    I have a forum where only registered members are allowed to view and post. So my question is that does this effect the search results?

    I mean do the registered area results show up in search engines or not?
     
    RovingCalypso, Jul 31, 2007 IP
  2. arnold

    arnold Active Member

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    No, the registered area cannot be shown in SERPs becaz the search engine spiders cannot visit your member only pages.
     
    arnold, Aug 1, 2007 IP
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    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    it will decrease your serp because search engines will index what it see.

    you dont allow search engine to see your real content
     
    trichnosis, Aug 4, 2007 IP