[thelist] Removing previous posts from thelist archives.

[Christian Heilmann]

> If it's not possible to remove the offending post, perhaps it's
> possible to prevent search engines finding it? I am not sure, so
> please, any help would be very very much appreciated. The thought of
> my mistake being alive and well on Google forever is filling me with
> despair.


Well, if it has been spidered already then it is too late. Once you
are in the search engine cycle it is hard to get out of it. You can
set up a htaccess on the server to prevent search engines finding the
page though, but the main damage is done.

A good reminder only to post demo URLs here and nothing sensitive.

<tip author="Chris Heilmann" type="Demo URLs on the list">
Every URL you post on the list will end up in the archive and thus
will be spidered by search engines and found by non-list members (yes,
and spammers). Therefore make sure that you don't post any sensitive
URLs with client information.
One common trick around that is to provide the links as
h**p://www.example.com although it is very likely that spambots do
recognize that pattern by now.
</tip>

Cheers, another bit to add to the "how to get help" chapter of the next book :-)

-- 
Chris Heilmann
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