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malcarada · 11-08-2009, 09:54 AM

I am getting far too many spammers using my blog images and I am going to block hotlinking, I got an idea about how to edit the .htaccess file to stop hotlinking but I am worried that may also stop Google from indexing the images.

Anyone knows if that is the case?

11-08-2009, 09:54 AM
malcarada Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 240	Will Google stop indexing my images if I block hotlinking? I am getting far too many spammers using my blog images and I am going to block hotlinking, I got an idea about how to edit the .htaccess file to stop hotlinking but I am worried that may also stop Google from indexing the images. Anyone knows if that is the case?