hmmmm...sounds like those pages shouldn't be getting indexed at all then It all depends on your situation...is it the content that gets you found of the whole site's concept? If it's the concept...ditch those pages from getting indexed....if it's all about the dynamic content then you've got problems.
An error is really bad if a bots sees it...so you could at least re-direct (bots don't like that much either) any "not found" pages. Tough call...glad it's not mine ;-) Cheers Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.electricedgesystems.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim McAtee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 12:13 PM Subject: Re: How to remove dynamic content from search engines? > That sounds like a maintenance nightmare. We're talking about thousands > of entries over the course of a year or two. For example, news stories or > event postings might run a few days or months, then drop off. Many of the > records reference paid listings that can also be "un-expired" by changing > an end date, so any time someone edits a record I might have to rewrite > the whole robots.txt file. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bryan Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 12:56 PM > Subject: Re: How to remove dynamic content from search engines? > > >> .HTAccess file...or robots.txt >> >> Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. >> VP & Director of E-Commerce Development >> Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. >> phone: 250.480.0642 >> fax: 250.480.1264 >> cell: 250.920.8830 >> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> web: www.electricedgesystems.com >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jim McAtee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> >> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:26 AM >> Subject: How to remove dynamic content from search engines? >> >> >>> What are some strategies for removing references to old dynamically >>> generated pages from search engine indexes? The problem I run into is >>> that the CFM page will exist, it will execute, but the referenced data >>> is >>> often expired. >>> >>> A typical URL might look like: >>> >>> http://www.mysite.com/mypage.cfm?id=6957807 >>> >>> I can display an error message, and/or do a redirect using CFLOCATION, >>> but >>> the URL generally stays in the search engine indexes for quite some >>> time. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:192965 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
