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Blocking Google

by gurokevin
8 replies
Hey everyone,

I have heard that Google can scan your Wordpress plugins and may even decide to de-index or ban your site due to some plugins.

Does anyone know how to block Google from scanning or seeing your plugins?

Also, any word on if this is true in the first place.

PS: I do not do anything "black hat". I just want to know.

Thanks
#blocking #google
  • Profile picture of the author Chase Shelby
    There's a lot of myths out there, but this isn't something that I've ever heard of. Where did you get the information that they scan your plugins and will de-index you for it?
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  • Profile picture of the author gurokevin
    I heard about this from a friend of mine that actually works for Google. Don't really know what he does there but he seems to know a lot.
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  • Profile picture of the author ErikNilsson
    Yes Google Spiders Will go thru all the things in your site If you are vulnerable to them by using some BH methods they may only sandbox you.
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    Sounds like a superstition to me, however if you are really concerned why not just edit your robots.txt file to keep the spiders out of your plugin directory?

    Or am I missing something here?

    Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author asaolo
      lol seems like another guru myth.
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  • Profile picture of the author fishka
    Google IP range
    64.18.0.1-64.18.15.254, 64.233.160.1-64.233.191.254, 66.102.0.1-66.102.15.254, 66.249.80.1-66.249.95.254, 72.14.192.1-72.14.255.254, 74.125.0.1-74.125.255.254, 173.194.0.1-173.194.255.254, 207.126.144.1-207.126.159.254, 209.85.128.1-209.85.255.254, 216.239.32.1-216.239.63.254

    but actual IP range is much bigger.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
      Your website outputs HTML. Output from a plugin putting some standard text/html on your pages is the only way they know what plugins you are using.
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  • Profile picture of the author gjd6599
    Put this code in a notepad, and name it robots.txt and load it into your public_html file. It has worked for me for years. You can get rid of the disallow:btf and the auction stuff. Those are things related to my site.

    User-agent: *
    Disallow: /btf/
    Disallow: /btf
    Disallow: /feeds/
    Disallow: /feeds
    Disallow: /auction.php
    Disallow: /auctions.php
    Disallow: /get.php
    Disallow: /wp-*
    Disallow: /wp-content/
    Disallow: /wp-content
    Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/
    Disallow: /wp-content/plugins

    Glenn
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