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Posted by Ed Mullen on 09/13/07 02:01
dorayme wrote:
> 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.
But, most browsers have the ability to "remember" logon info so it's a a
case of "do it once". Geez, how hard is that? Set up an example and
show them. I have two different sites with protected pages/files. My
Mozilla-based browsers remember the logon info just fine. I click on a
link/favorite/bookmark, the logon pop-up comes up, I click OK.
>
> [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.]
>
I doubt that decomposing rats will be a sufficiently universal
deterrence. In fact, I'm not sure you can settle on any image that will,
say, tick off, what? 80% of viewers? 90%? Now, if you could be certain
that everyone was browsing with sound on and the volume set to max, well
.... ooooo, baby! Then we got something!
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Ed Mullen
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