psx Active member Jun 6, 2015 #1 I have forced the users on my forum to register before they can view threads, I have edited the "Unregistered" user group permission to stop "View threads by others" which forces the user to register. Will this stop Google robots crawling the site?
I have forced the users on my forum to register before they can view threads, I have edited the "Unregistered" user group permission to stop "View threads by others" which forces the user to register. Will this stop Google robots crawling the site?
Paul B XenForo moderator Staff member Jun 6, 2015 #2 Robots have the same permissions as guests, so yes. Upvote 0 Downvote
psx Active member Jun 6, 2015 #3 Brogan said: Robots have the same permissions as guests, so yes. Click to expand... Is there anyway I could allow robots? but force register members? Upvote 0 Downvote
Brogan said: Robots have the same permissions as guests, so yes. Click to expand... Is there anyway I could allow robots? but force register members?
Paul B XenForo moderator Staff member Jun 6, 2015 #4 No and it falls foul of Google's terms (they refer to it as cloaking). Upvote 0 Downvote
