Feedback {NICE} Google now seems to cache Signatures ?

Discussion in 'Support & Feedback' started by pixmania, Sep 22, 2009.

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  1. #1
    Just noticed minutes ago, I know I am slow...

    Google has cached my signature information from an unrelated thread, searching for the keyword etc...

    Is this something new, Ive never know a forum to do that.
     
    pixmania, Sep 22, 2009 IP
  2. downloadvyp

    downloadvyp Peon

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    #2
    hehe yea ,it seems it is.and that is great
     
    downloadvyp, Sep 22, 2009 IP
  3. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #3
    Why wouldn't they?
     
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  4. pixmania

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    #4
    Its was my understanding that Google isn't a member of the forums, therefore it doesn't see signatures, when its caching threads.

    However I see that has changed. Before if you where not logged into the forums, you didn't see users signatures, but now you do. So I guess google see's them too.

    Maybe this is related to some new feature you installed.
     
    pixmania, Sep 23, 2009 IP
  5. harrisunderwork

    harrisunderwork Well-Known Member

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    #5
    I think unregistered members too can see the signatures so same is case with google bot.
     
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  6. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #6
    It's always been that way.
     
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  7. SOULZRIPPER

    SOULZRIPPER Well-Known Member

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    Ye cos, people out their in BST would not be buying and selling their sigs :p
     
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    It has always been that way. Signature links have been cached in the past as well and act as backlinks to your website.
     
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  9. Bernard

    Bernard Well-Known Member

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    #9
    Each forum on the net can configure signatures to be on or off by default. DP has them on by default and thus, they are crawled by the search engines.

    Some other forums have them off by default, but they can be enabled for logged in members. These signatures are not crawled/read by search engines.
     
    Bernard, Sep 26, 2009 IP