Use the "disallow" feature in robots.txt, and make those links all have a similar path. We do something similar at http://bookcrossing.com/ for the links to Amazon... here is our robots.txt file:
http://bookcrossing.com/robots.txt More info on robots.txt can be found here: http://www.searchengineworld.com/robots/robots_tutorial.htm -Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:28 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: OT: Keep search engine spyders from following links > > > On a couple of web pages, I run links to outside web sites through a CF > template that records the click-through along with some browser > and referer > stats in a table, then redirects the browser to the target URL. > Is there > any way to prevent search engine spyders from following these > links? If I'm > not mistaken, there's no way to use a robots.txt to prevent > this behavior, > or is there? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
