How does logging in affect spider activity on web pages?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by mmerlinn, Oct 20, 2015.

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    I have a massive website that Google and other search engines keep indexed very well. According to the feedback I get, my pages consistently land on the first Google page, often in the top spot. Needless to say I don't want to do anything to jeopardize that (I do like to eat).

    I would like to eventually turn my site into a subscription site which would require people to login to visit the web pages on the site.

    My question is that if I require people to login will the login prevent the indexing spiders from crawling my pages? If so, how do I allow the spiders to crawl my pages while at the same time requiring real people to login?

    I have spent several hours searching the web for an answer but did not find what I needed.

    Can someone point me to where I can find an answer?
     
    mmerlinn, Oct 20, 2015 IP