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Unread 02-01-2009, 10:25 AM
David Rosenthal David Rosenthal is offline
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Originally Posted by Clive Watkins View Post
Since we seem to have two threads running in parallel on this topic, Golias's "Avoiding Spiders" thread and this, I want to draw attention to Rose's most recent post "across the way": "There are plenty of bad spiders out there that ignore robot tags. The only foolproof way to keep them out is to require a login." (I am certain Rose knows a whole lot more about such matters than I do....)

Clive
Maryann,

I hope you have noticed the other thread. Steve C's post there is informative, and others have posted some responses that bear on your questions here. I am for an all-out approach: (1) use the tags in the headings the way Steve C suggests, (2) make the workshop forums accessible only to registered members, and (3) prune more often.

David R.
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