Thanks for the clarification Danny; I followed the link a little bemused having heard little about what seemed to be a new high level standard - even a replacement for robots.txt
So, is this a commercial thing? Steve Nisbet -------------------------------------------- "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University's email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer"; --------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: "Danny Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: spiders web-walkers etc.' 'Internet robots <robots@mccmedia.com> Sent: 04/12/2007 11:59:35 Subject: Re: [Robots] New robots.txt rules To be clear, these are not new robots.txt rules. It is a proposed new standard that none of the major search engines but Exalead supports. This explains more: http://searchengineland.com/071129-120258.php cheers, danny ------------------------------------------------ Danny Sullivan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Editor-In-Chief, Search Engine Land http://searchengineland.com * Visit Our Sphinn Forums, http://sphinn.com * See Our Next Conference, http://searchmarketingexpo.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Storm Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 5:45 PM To: robots@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: [Robots] New robots.txt rules Fred...I've included the list on this as well. Technical documentation can be found at: http://www.the-acap.org/project_documents/ACAP-TF-CrawlerCommunications-Part 1-V1.0.pdf I don't believe there are any verification services online yet. Personally, I'm waiting to let the dust settle a little before implementing this. On Dec 4, 2007, at 6:08 AM, Fred Atkinson wrote: I've upgraded my robots.txt file with the update script. They refer to ACAP verification services on the site. Are there any available as yet? They write mostly in jargon that is beyond what routing geeks like me understand. Where I can read about how to code ACAP in a nutshell? Regards, Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: Christian Storm <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: robots@mccmedia.com Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:38 AM Subject: [Robots] New robots.txt rules http://www.the-acap.org/implement-acap.php _____ _______________________________________________ Robots mailing list Robots@mccmedia.com http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/robots _______________________________________________ Robots mailing list Robots@mccmedia.com http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/robots
