Actually I exported only name info on living people so my gedcom on my server has only names, but they are not visible to the public. In fact, the folder that has my gedcom is password protected using .htaccess. But Google shows the name details yet my site says it is not there when you search. It says is it 'hidden'. Thus is it in my gedcom and password protected, yet Google is getting it. I have tried to access my ged file directly from my server and it asks for my password. So how is it bypassing all my security measures and still publishing names.
If I privatize all living people before I export, then they are not even present in my gedcom when I upload it to the server, thus Google will never find it regardless of how they are accessing it....beause it won't be there. I know what I can do instead. I will tag all dead and export only those who are dead....do you think that would work or will it fragment a file and make islands instead of keeping all people attached Donna -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Ferguson Sent: June 23, 2005 3:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Privatize ALL the Living - Help Hi Donna, I am not clear if I've got this quite right but it seems from what you say that individuals who are living are marked private and people need to contact you to access these pages. If that is the case then surely the details are on your site but not accessible without a password (or something). Google does not know this and as far as I am aware will index all pages except those that it has been specifically told not to access when the site is registered with them. It is not a problem I have come across as I only have basic information of private individuals on my pages but I think most search engines which use a crawler work in a similar manner. Ron Ferguson ____________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ Now includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ ____________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Alden-Bugden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 23 June 2005 03:23 Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Privatize ALL the Living - Help No...actually I have never published any details on living people. I cannot undertand how Google is able to grab information that is private. My living people, if you go to my site, has always said 'private' and you had to contact me. It is supposed to be crawled every 3 days and it seems to have all the details since the day it was indexed...the cache has details too, but not dates, just full names. I don't know how it can access it. Since it is clearly not on my site and it is indexed every 3 days or so. However, I notice that if I privatize an individual, then all my data is deleted from my gedcom before I even upload it to my server for my pages. Donna -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.10/25 - Release Date: 21/06/2005 Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
