Alexa indexing pages they should not

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    mightyb, Mar 10, 2008 IP
  2. twistedspikes

    twistedspikes Notable Member

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    thats strange...they must have been picked up on this before now, as it is agains't the law. Guess people should make their sites more secure to protect agains't this (it's not hard...)
     
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    dynashox Premium Member Staff

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    Erk... :eek:

    Do alexa also can pass through secure membershipsite?
     
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  4. mightyb

    mightyb Banned

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    twistedspikes

    Yea, they should really just password protect these pages.

    dynashox

    No, they can only index public pages everyone has access to.
     
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    surely it could be secured by using cookies, storing a cookie and then only allowing people who have that cookie see the download page. Guess it would raise more problems doing it this way, like if people didn't have cookies enabled.
     
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  6. mightyb

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    There are a few ways of doing this. You can even stop Alexa from indexing certain pages. I guess people just can't be bothered or they don't realise the dangers. Kinda like 95% of all php scripts out there having security holes.
     
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    mmmm I wonder if they can get sued for this kind of stuff...
     
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  8. mightyb

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    They can but i doubt they will lose.
     
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    They would probably just say that it's the site owners fault for not securing their site properly.
     
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    which kinda is true... i mean ok if I have a product to sell why do I keep it on a public page? when its so easy to just email a download link or the product attached to the email...
     
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    your link is helpful & its cool <!!>
     
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    hHahaha. Cool! Thanks for Sharing. I just got IP Blaster for free. ROFL ROFL

    awww man...
     
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    hasnt been there cases where professors and specialists complain and write letters and take legal actions for having their pdf and most files exposed in searches ?
     
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    #14
    wow...how this thing is leak..
    its terrible man !!
     
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    sizzler_chetan Prominent Member

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    #15
    Yea read this through feeds and a great find there :)

    Can find many ebooks and products for download ;)
     
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    Abhik ..:: The ONE ::..

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    #16
    lol.. but this is kinda hacking.. right?
     
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    Kind of yep, therefore it is illegal.
     
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    #18
    This is not hacking. You are only looking at a public page that everyone else in the world has access to. Its just you were not suppose to find it.
     
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