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Posted by Rafe Culpin on 03/10/06 17:58
In article <1141956510.336629.101880@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
chernyshevsky@hotmail.com (Chung Leong) wrote:
> Just because a site isn't password-protected doesn't make it "public."
> If a site isn't indiced by a search engine, then it's private enough.
> It's sort of like keeping your phone number off the telephone book.
But do remember that blocking with robots.txt only keeps out spiders which
obey the rules. Spammers' spiders are out to steal whatever they can, and
may regard robots exclusions as a 'good stuff here!' flag. So you still
need to disguise any personal information :-(
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