I want to stop google from going to my sitemap

Discussion in 'Google Sitemaps' started by seconnection, Dec 8, 2008.

  1. #1
    Dont question my motive...its just something i want to do. If I add it to my robots file as a disallow, will google stop visiting it?
     
    seconnection, Dec 8, 2008 IP
  2. gbh1935

    gbh1935 Peon

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    #2
    generally google follows robot directives. You could also block based on the useragent of Googlebot to that paticular file.
     
    gbh1935, Dec 8, 2008 IP
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    #3
    setting your header.... disable googlebot is ok
     
    loachs, Dec 9, 2008 IP
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    Silly question back at you, but can't you just remove/delete the sitemap file?
     
    mickeymcg, Dec 9, 2008 IP
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    are you still expecting other search engines such as msn and yahoo to make use of the sitemap?
     
    gbh1935, Dec 9, 2008 IP
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    i think they still use sitemaps for their bots
     
    paulmersloft, Dec 11, 2008 IP