--- On Thu 06/23, Ron Ferguson < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > The crawler does not go through to your web page as a visitor would but > reads directly the html code such as your meta, h1, title, alt and other > html tags. thus it does not need to access via a password.
The web crawler issues a GET request just as your browser does. If your directory is password protected with an .htaccess file, the web crawler is not going to be able to index it... unless it can supply the correct credentials... Steve _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com 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
