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How do i stop download pages being indexed

by monitorit
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I want to stop my download pages being indexed how do i do it as my product cannot be given away!
#download #indexed #pages #stop
  • Profile picture of the author Chris_Willow
    You can make a robots.txt with the following content:
    User-Agent: *
    Disallow: /yoursecretdirectory/

    add a blank index.html in that directory so if someone finds the directory name in robots.txt file they still can't see anything. And then put your download page in /yoursecretdirectory/lamepagetitlethatishard2guess.html

    Hope it helps

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  • Profile picture of the author Rich Struck
    Put this in the head of your page...

    <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW">

    You can do it with robots.txt too, that probably works better. Google it.
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  • Profile picture of the author jsmith2482
    anyone know how to stop your download pages from being shown on your site map?
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  • Profile picture of the author monitorit
    ok but rich yours seems easier to execute.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rich Struck
      Originally Posted by monitorit View Post

      ok but rich yours seems easier to execute.
      It's not always 100% effective. It works okay for me, however.
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  • Profile picture of the author monitorit
    ok, maybe the best way would be to keep on changing the download page
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    • Profile picture of the author Harry Behrens
      Originally Posted by monitorit View Post

      ok, maybe the best way would be to keep on changing the download page
      Well that's definitely going to be more work in the long run than using robots.txt as Chris is suggesting (which is what I also was going to suggest)... robots.txt is nothing special, it's just a text file you can write up in notepad and then upload it into your folder using your file manager. It should be the best solution.

      Another thing you could try is to make the download link a nofollow? I would still go with the robots.txt though!
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  • Profile picture of the author KevinBrown
    Also make sure the html <title> tag on the page is blank. Always helps.

    Plus, make sure any images on the page have meaningless filenames.

    HTH
    Kevin
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    • Profile picture of the author Cyrus
      All of the above method are not really secure... You may try any Third Party Script like aMember OR Download Guard.
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      • Profile picture of the author diymCoach
        I use DL Guard to protect all my download pages. It really works well. To play it safe, I also add a blank index.htm in directories that I don't want anyone finding accidentally.
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      • Profile picture of the author Heman Patel
        I would recommend you try E-Junkie shopping cart.
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  • Profile picture of the author InternetM39482
    Either password protect the directory and send the password only to your customers...

    ..or,

    Use a software such as aMember, DLGuard to protect those pages...

    ..or,

    Use a robots.txt to stop that file from being indexed.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Thompson
    Yeah, Robots.txt and rel=nofollow are the best ways to go if you are not using download software, but still make sure to CHANGE THE NAME every few weeks to prevent sharing by customers with non-customers.

    I recommend you just get DLGuard. It's easier.
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  • Profile picture of the author monitorit
    yes exactly the customer could share so the best way would be something like dl guard so they have a limted number of downloads
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  • Profile picture of the author samstephens
    Thanks for all the recommendations for DLGuard, I appreciate your support!


    Just a quick but important note regarding robots.txt files:

    DON'T use them!

    These were designed to stop harmless things from being added to search engines, not secure things.

    Remember that they ARE just text files, and that anyone can read them. This means if you put the folder to all of you products in your robots.txt file, all someone has to do is view your robots file, and it'll tell them exactly where to steal your stuff from.

    Remember, they can create move havoc than they solve, so be VERY careful with the way you use robots files.

    cheers
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