How to block Googlebot from checking a directory on my website?

Posted on February 14, 2010 by admin

I plot on creatinga new database in a new folder (mydomain.com/testing_folder/) & since this would have little to no relevance to do with the main purpose of my website, I wouldn’t want Google or any other search bots to index it? How can I prevent them from doing so? Thanks.

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2 Responses to How to block Googlebot from checking a directory on my website?

  1. Nikhil S says:
    February 14, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    use whats known as a robots.txt file. This will tell the search engines to what parts of your website you dont want to index.

  2. Alexander says:
    February 14, 2010 at 12:31 pm

    Google lets you know on their very own pages, here: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=40364

    Hope that helps.

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