Index Password Protected Pages But NOT Cache Them?

Discussion in 'robots.txt' started by kalta1, Jan 18, 2010.

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    I have 3 areas of my website that are password protected and for members only. Membership is free, all you have to do is register to get access. I would like to get SEO value for this content because there is a lot of it. So how do I get it indexed for SEO value but not cached so just anyone can see the pages? It is in Joomla so I don't know if that matters? I have done some research and found that if I add this snippet of code:

    <meta name="robots" content="noarchive">

    that I will get the desired result I am looking for. If anyone could please advise or make suggestions on this I would be grateful.

    tm :D
     
    kalta1, Jan 18, 2010 IP
  2. DoDo Me

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    If member only, then search engine spider cannot access it any way.
    So, you better block it from robots.txt
     
    DoDo Me, Feb 6, 2010 IP
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    There is no way Google can index the pass word protected pages except if you are using Cloaking. But as Google terms it black hat techniques. Do not try it.
     
    chauhanmanish, Feb 25, 2010 IP