Just curious and had to start somewhere so here's the question:
Is there a way to block a search say with google to find information such
as names etc that might appear on webpages that you don't want to appear
in a search. Ex: My name is John Doe. I want to keep it from showing up
on the web pages it might be listed on. Can it be done?

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In article <20060320023625.004B01711C@mail.cypherpunks.to>
Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer <nobody@cypherpunks.to> wrote:
>
> Just curious and had to start somewhere so here's the question:
> Is there a way to block a search say with google to find information such
> as names etc that might appear on webpages that you don't want to appear
> in a search. Ex: My name is John Doe. I want to keep it from showing up
> on the web pages it might be listed on. Can it be done?

With creative HTML, yes.

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"Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer" wrote:
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I think it’s something to do with exclusions in “robots.txt,” though some le
ss popular se’s don’t honor them, or so they say.


So it depends of the se, and if your “john doe” is listed on any other sites
 besides yours, and maybe other more technical considerations that only SEO 
experts might know the answer to.


I bet if you ask your question in alt.internet.search-engines, you will have
 better luck.


Ck

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On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 03:36:25 +0100 (CET), Anonymous via the
Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer <nobody@cypherpunks.to> wrote:

>Just curious and had to start somewhere so here's the question:
>Is there a way to block a search say with google to find information such
>as names etc that might appear on webpages that you don't want to appear
>in a search. Ex: My name is John Doe. I want to keep it from showing up
>on the web pages it might be listed on. Can it be done?

Yes, by using Robots.txt. Google claims to honor it. A couple examples
can be found at
http://www.delphifaq.com/faq/web_publishing/f760.shtml


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Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer <nobody@cypherpunks.to> wrote:

> Just curious and had to start somewhere so here's the question:
> Is there a way to block a search say with google to find information such
> as names etc that might appear on webpages that you don't want to appear
> in a search. Ex: My name is John Doe. I want to keep it from showing up
> on the web pages it might be listed on. Can it be done?

Only if you control the website it's listed on -- then you can use
robots.txt, which google respects, to limit the pages it will index.

There's no technical way *you* can keep google from indexing pages on
*my* website, however.  You'd have to ask (or sue!) me to handle it
the way you want.


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> Just curious and had to start somewhere so here's the question:
> Is there a way to block a search say with google to find information such
> as names etc that might appear on webpages that you don't want to appear
> in a search. Ex: My name is John Doe. I want to keep it from showing up
> on the web pages it might be listed on. Can it be done?

Use graphics instead of text. iow, make a picture of it and name it wisely.

Thomas
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In article <20060320023625.004B01711C@mail.cypherpunks.to>
Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer <nobody@cypherpunks.to>
wrote:

Thanks to all who responded. Good ideas. I had forgotten about the
robot.txt method. Did some google and hope it's solved.
Regards to all.

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In article <441ea17e$0$11064$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>, Thomas J.
Boschloo <nospam@hccnet.nl> wrote:

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> Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer wrote: 
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> Use graphics instead of text. iow, make a picture of it and name it wisely
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>


Try a "robots.txt" file on your web site

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