A:M/C - mystery guests

[oldbag]

My forum is small, all accounts must be approved by me and the board is password-protected, yet we often see that there is a "guest" online. What's going on?

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oldbag said:

My forum is small, all accounts must be approved by me and the board is password-protected, yet we often see that there is a "guest" online. What's going on?

This is a googleBot which gathers information for google...it is harmless though so don't worry.

And why is this marked A:M/C?

[Dja]

dodz said:

This is a googleBot which gathers information for google...it is harmless though so don't worry.

and dont ban it,thats pointless as it will still come

[oldbag]

Thanks, guys. I'd rather our board were not visible to Google - can I prevent that?

[Snakeair]

oldbag said:

Thanks, guys. I'd rather our board were not visible to Google - can I prevent that?

Make your board only viewable to members. In general settings in admin panel set "guests must login" to YES,.

This might not work but worth a shot.

[oldbag]

Thanks, Snakeair.

[Snakeair]

No problem.

[Tommy Huynh]

snakeair said:

oldbag said:

Thanks, guys. I'd rather our board were not visible to Google - can I prevent that?

Make your board only viewable to members. In general settings in admin panel set "guests must login" to YES,.

This might not work but worth a shot.

It should, Googlebots are only able to view what a guest can view. If a person makes it so only members can view content, then only members will be able to.