Security, Subwebs and Search Engine Indexing

[JoeM]

Making a subweb, and establishing unique permissions for that subweb, seems
to be the way to go when attempting to secure a portion of a website.

I've heard that including an underscore before a folder name (e.g.,
_private) will make that folder and its contents unable to be indexed by an
external search engine (e.g., Google). Is this true and, if so, can the
subweb name be prefaced by an underscore as well to accomplish the same
thing? While it seems one can restrict access to subweb pages, certain
portions of those pages do tend to appear in a Google search. That is,
though you cannot access the full page contents without the password, a
portion of those contents still appears in Google's display under the url
address.

Thanks.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Myth

Any folder w/ a link to it (that is not protected like the _private is) can be indexed

You can not have a subweb starting w/ an _underscore




| Making a subweb, and establishing unique permissions for that subweb, seems
| to be the way to go when attempting to secure a portion of a website.
|
| I've heard that including an underscore before a folder name (e.g.,
| _private) will make that folder and its contents unable to be indexed by an
| external search engine (e.g., Google). Is this true and, if so, can the
| subweb name be prefaced by an underscore as well to accomplish the same
| thing? While it seems one can restrict access to subweb pages, certain
| portions of those pages do tend to appear in a Google search. That is,
| though you cannot access the full page contents without the password, a
| portion of those contents still appears in Google's display under the url
| address.
|
| Thanks.
|