[thelist] Removing previous posts from thelist archives.

[ben morrison]

On 8/11/06, Christian Heilmann <codepo8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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>

I always use TinyURL for showing sites and politely request that
no-one uses the client name. I assume that this is safe?

http://tinyurl.com/

ben
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Ben Morrison