They won't generate CF 404 errors. A request for http://www.mysite.com/validpage.cfm?id=invalidrecordnumber
will successfully pull up validpage.cfm and generate an HTTP 200 status code. It would take a reference to http://www.mysite.com/invalidpage.cfm to launch the CF 404 error handler. But invalid CF pages generally aren't in the SE indexES unless the template itself were deleted, renamed, or moved. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 1:58 PM Subject: Re: How to remove dynamic content from search engines? > If robots.txt entries aren't an available option, make all CF 404's > redirect to a certain page via CF's 404 handler. You can do the same > with IIS 404's. This can be an 'oops' page or it can just be a > redirect to the site's home page. > > If the content is statically published and expired, I usually don't > rely on the 404 handler I have in place and instead publish a linkrot > page that does the desired redirection. Its something the cms does on > its own as part of its expiration management. Doing a linkrot page > also handles the bots that ignore robots.txt, if there are still any > out there, as well as bookmarked links. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:192987 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
