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Rchivist · 14-05-2008, 12:55

I've been trying to find out why BT Beta forum posts don't seem to feature on Google unless quoted somewhere else.

I wonder if they are blocking the Googlebot? - perhaps the forum mods are trying to keep Webwise away from the forums?

Their robots.txt either doesn't exist or is well hidden.

A search for "beta.bt.com/bta/forums/thread" gives 6,780 hits with plenty of beta forum threads in the results
A "search within results" check for "webwise" reduces this to 17, with not a single result from the official Webwise threads (despite there being three lengthy threads on their board)

A "search within results" check for "phorm" on the same starting point gives
10 hits, of which two are BT Beta forum posts - and the hits relate to the official opening moderator posts on one Webwise thread and the FAQ page on Webwise.

Pretty hypocritical to snoop on our browsing at Layer 7 and then manage to keep Google away from the relevant public discussion threads?

14-05-2008, 12:55	#6569
Rchivist Inactive Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 831	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] I've been trying to find out why BT Beta forum posts don't seem to feature on Google unless quoted somewhere else. I wonder if they are blocking the Googlebot? - perhaps the forum mods are trying to keep Webwise away from the forums? Their robots.txt either doesn't exist or is well hidden. A search for "beta.bt.com/bta/forums/thread" gives 6,780 hits with plenty of beta forum threads in the results A "search within results" check for "webwise" reduces this to 17, with not a single result from the official Webwise threads (despite there being three lengthy threads on their board) A "search within results" check for "phorm" on the same starting point gives 10 hits, of which two are BT Beta forum posts - and the hits relate to the official opening moderator posts on one Webwise thread and the FAQ page on Webwise. Pretty hypocritical to snoop on our browsing at Layer 7 and then manage to keep Google away from the relevant public discussion threads?