search engines??

i typed in my email address and my showcase with a link to this site showed up...i went in and changed my privacy to registered memebers only...how do i prevent my profile from showing up on a public search...

I can not answer that for you, hopefully someone can.

I personally use a different email address here from real life. I am sure that you can google my email and find me here. This is the only place you will find me from that email address. I do not have a hobby phone as many suggest, and perhaps that will bite me. All of my other communications in the hobby are strictly for the hobby. Google is very effective and I believe others are becoming so.

Torito

i do the same use a complete seperate email odd thing is before e.com showed up but not now... but has my photos available...and i would suggest a hobby phone as well.....

I can not answer that for you, hopefully someone can.

I personally use a different email address here from real life. I am sure that you can google my email and find me here. This is the only place you will find me from that email address. I do not have a hobby phone as many suggest, and perhaps that will bite me. All of my other communications in the hobby are strictly for the hobby. Google is very effective and I believe others are becoming so.

Torito Originally Posted by Torito

i typed in my email address and my showcase with a link to this site showed up...i went in and changed my privacy to registered memebers only...how do i prevent my profile from showing up on a public search... Originally Posted by Irish Vixen

I know something about web sites (worked for 3 ISP's and all ran web sites)

Web pages are searched/indexed via their content and meta tags.

Meta tags are hidden words that can be coded into the site so that your page comes up on searches for words that might not normally pull up your page.

Before you do anything drastic, give the search engines time to load the new page into indexing.


The next step is to remove your name / email info etc... from the site so it does not come up.. Effectively making your page static.

I also have reservations about the indexing of this site by google, etc. For example, if a review is published all that information is indexed by google. When certain providers or AMPs, etc get reviewed, their phone number typed into google will return the review. Another example might be a RMT that is reviewed as "SFBM" or whatever that might be implied as "extras" would be grounds for license suspension if picked up by the state licensing board.

Since many places would prefer their establishment not be publicly connected to their address or phone number, I would suggest indexing commands installed for google searches to protect their privacy and keep them out of trouble. Perhaps keeping the Forum and or Provider profiles out of the google index?