Should I hide this page from Google?

I've recently setup a services offering free websites. The majority of signups are just kids playing, so they never even edit their site. I try to delete these accounts if they haven't been logged into in a week.

I set the default index file to what I want, so Most sites are all the same, at least until they are edited. I have a search feature here that would allow Google to spider these pages. Now, should I keep Google away from this page, as it would view it as duplicate material, or should I let them in?

Gimme your 2 cents worth....

 

IMO, there are two ways to go:

1) Mildly unique default content. (slightly different text, vary outbound links and link order).
2) prevent spidering.

It's not going to hurt you if the sites get indexed, then pulled for duplicate text, but it's also not going to help much. At least if you prevent the spidering, you save the bandwidth.

 

I think it would be best just to block it, maybe leave ONE page available, but I think bots will view it as duplicate content..

I mean I dont think you would be loosing anything from doing that, how many people do you think get to your site by searching for keywords on that page? Probably none, or close to it


Josh