[wp-docs] Search Engines Grab Users

Kaf Oseo kaf at szub.net
Fri Apr 15 23:07:16 GMT 2005


Perhaps we've reached a point where we need a general workspace where 
draft documents can be created and worked on, then see if Matt can tweak 
MediaWiki to close this area off from the search bots.

Robert Deaton wrote:
> "As exciting as that headline is, the ROUGH DRAFT articles I posted in my
> user section have already been grabbed by Google and others." ...
> "Now this information, and who knows what else, is out there for the 
> world to
> see and put into action - AND IT COULD BE VERY WRONG ADVICE."
> 
> User pages being indexed means that incomplete articles with potentially 
> damanging information are ending up under google search results, if I 
> understand the gist of this.


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