[thelist] one robots meta element for a testing site

[Hassan Schroeder]

On 5/23/06, Clive R Sweeney <clive at designshift.com> wrote:
> I have a domain that will be used strictly for online testing of sites
> under development -- sometimes individual pages, but potentially whole
> sites. I will be using this domain for more than one site at any given
> time, each site within its own folder. Of course, I do not want *any* of
> the pages posted to this domain to be indexed by search engines. If I
> place the appropriate robots meta element ...

In theory (i.e., in a perfect world) yes -- but I wouldn't bank on it.  :-)

I'd either password protect the whole site, or restrict access by IP,
depending on how many individuals will be using it.

FWIW!
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Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroeder at gmail.com