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Posted by dorayme on 09/12/07 22:04
In article <DpqdnUrYVq7h13XbnZ2dnUVZ_rHinZ2d@comcast.com>,
Ed Mullen <ed@edmullen.net> wrote:
> it would be best
> > if they did not come up in search engines. (A sort of provision
> > by a company for making some files available to those who have
> > the address. Company does not want password protection; but I am
> > considering persuading them).
> >
> > What is the simplest and most effective way of stopping robots
> > searching a particular html pages on a server.
> >
>
> Why not just put it in a password-protected directory?
I guess because it puts up a hurdle for the company and the
particular companies to which they need to communicate this
address. People forget passwords and it is extra work to be
transmitting password information. I understand the reluctance on
this occasion. But see above.
[I am working on a psychologically based scheme at the moment,
Ed, in consultation with my psychologist, to make pages that have
a level of natural repugnance. The level must be such that people
with no real need or interest in the purpose of the page will
flee from it quickly whereas those with a task that requires the
resources to be found on that page will persist till they get
them. At the crudest level, perhaps a picture of a dead
decomposing rat at the top? Animated gif of fumes emanating from
it? Embedded horrible dead rat sounds? If you care to invest in
the further development of this promising new scheme, please send
$10.]
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dorayme
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