Hi Brian This is really not a robot question at all. The 'elegant' solution is a change in file structure. In this example what I would do, as web master, is to have a directory called /annual-report/ where I place the current content. This will be the directory submitted for indexing. Then when it's time to archive the current report I'd put the content of this directory into one called /annual-report-1999/ that will then be linked from the archive, which might be password protected or whatever. I then fill the /annual-report/ with this years content. (Or rename the old dir and create a new dir called /annual-report/) It will then not matter how the search engines index it. The CONTENT of that directory will always be current and that is what's important, isn't it?
If you don't want search engines to find some old content all you have to do is changing the URL. Works like a charm. yvonne > Yes, so my question is "is it possible to remove a page from a search > engines view of the web, without removing the resource?" > > To give an example, a company's annual report is published > (http://www.acme.com/annual-report-1999/) and submitted to several > search engines. The following year the report is unlinked from the main > area, but linked from an archive area. The company wishes to remove the > report from search engines. Can this be done - in a more elegant > fashion that going to every search engine and submitted a load of > unsubmit requests? > > What effect does having a <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> element > have for a resource which has already been indexed? > > Brian > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus > UKOLN, University of Bath, BATH, England, BA2 7AY > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ > Homepage: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/b.kelly.html > Phone: 01225 323943 FAX: 01225 826838
