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How does Google handle password protected pages?

by gordonr
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Hi, I need some help answering a technical question.
If I add a page to my existing site, and that page is password protected,
is Google still able to "spider" and index that page, and if so, will the fact
that the page is password protected, negate any beneficial SEO benefit
for the site that the page might otherwise have provided?
Thanks to anyone in advance who can assist with the answer.
#google #handle #pages #password #protected
  • Profile picture of the author krishananda
    There are some social bookmarking sites that require login for us to see the bookmarked links.

    I believe google won't crawl on those pages, as most of my clients also concern about this.

    I don't have full proof about this, hopefully someone would clear this issue.
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  • Profile picture of the author sauravverma
    When a password protected page is requested from the web server, the login page is served to the user. In the same fashion if a crawler is trying to access the page, it would be served a login page. Since it cannot go any further, because to it inability to enter the required credential, it would be able to crawl it.

    That is how it is.
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  • Profile picture of the author gordonr
    Thanks a lot for your answer Sauravverma. Now I can proceed
    with a better strategy. Your help is much appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author theaffiliatemom
    Contact the techs at adsense. There are some password protected sites that DO have adsense on them. It requires some wite authentication steps, but you might qualify. Good luck!
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