[WSG] question - follow, index meta tag

2004-12-13 Thread Barry Cranmer
Reading the archived discussions on meta tags, I couldn't find the answer to this question, but I did see people saying the tags should appear on every page that differs in any way from other pages at a site. If I have the following on my index page, do I need to repeat it on every page at my

Re: [WSG] question - follow, index meta tag

2004-12-13 Thread Veine K Vikberg
Greetings from Northeast ;) At 03:14 PM 12/13/2004 -0500, you wrote: If I have the following on my index page, do I need to repeat it on every page at my site? Doesn't this tag appearing once send the robots forward to all the other pages? meta name=robots content=index, follow / Per se

Re: [WSG] question - follow, index meta tag

2004-12-13 Thread Veine K Vikberg
Good afternoon; At 01:11 PM 12/13/2004 -0800, you wrote: I know I should read about Robots from the Robot FAQ web site. However, I am a little pressed for time right now. What do I need to web sites to stop Robots reading my web sites I maintain? Thank you. If I get your question right you want

Re: [WSG] question - follow, index meta tag

2004-12-13 Thread Brian Cummiskey
The Man With His Guide Dog At The Tent Store wrote: I know I should read about Robots from the Robot FAQ web site. However, I am a little pressed for time right now. What do I need to web sites to stop Robots reading my web sites I maintain? Thank you. in robots.txt User-agent: * Disallow:

Re: [WSG] question - follow, index meta tag

2004-12-13 Thread Terrence Wood
AFIAK it's safe to assume that robots will index and follow by default, so this tag may be redundant. Read more about robots here: http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/faq.html Terrence Wood. On 2004-12-14 9:14 AM, Barry Cranmer wrote: If I have the following on my index page, do I need to repeat it on

Re: [WSG] question - follow, index meta tag

2004-12-13 Thread Andy Kirkwood | MOTIVE
If I have the following on my index page, do I need to repeat it on every page at my site? Doesn't this tag appearing once send the robots forward to all the other pages? meta name=robots content=index, follow / A robots.txt file is a better option for controlling site-wide search engine

Re: [WSG] question - follow, index meta tag

2004-12-13 Thread Kornel Lesinski
If I have the following on my index page, do I need to repeat it on every page at my site? Doesn't this tag appearing once send the robots forward to all the other pages? meta name=robots content=index, follow / You don't need that at all. Index, follow is default behaviour and won't

Re: [WSG] question - follow, index meta tag

2004-12-13 Thread Andy Kirkwood | MOTIVE
I know I should read about Robots from the Robot FAQ web site. However, I am a little pressed for time right now. What do I need to web sites to stop Robots reading my web sites I maintain? Thank you. Create a text file and name it 'robots.txt' Paste the following code, save and upload to the root