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eMonk · 04-28-2011, 12:07 PM

I'm getting a few search engine results from my keywords in the title of my forum. If I set the forums to private (so you must login to see the content), will I be penalized in anyway and loose my rankings? These search results are from the title tag.. not the forum content.

cooldude7 · 04-28-2011, 12:10 PM

IMHO backlinks and anchor text is what counts.,and matters.,

good luck.

VladS · 04-28-2011, 12:11 PM

You'll lose that traffic anyway since the page will be password protected, so why bother?

V_RocKs · 04-28-2011, 12:15 PM

depends.. if you have a very low bounce rate and very high page views and time on site Google will overlook the lockout.

Agent 488 · 04-28-2011, 12:15 PM

probably not.

woj · 04-28-2011, 12:16 PM

you will likely lose those serps...

RyuLion · 04-28-2011, 12:17 PM

Those listing will eventually disappear from the index.

icymelon · 04-28-2011, 12:21 PM

you will get the spider as long as the script doesnt add no-index to the pages. you might want to add or check your site map

Nicky · 04-28-2011, 12:28 PM

If you have enough in-links to support the serp without the majority of the content your ranking will probably stay safe. We are talking about the forum index site right?

~Ray · 04-28-2011, 12:56 PM

backlink the index page and protect the /forum.php page.

best of both worlds

~Ray

st0ned · 04-28-2011, 12:58 PM

What script is running your forum? In the past when I use to mess with vBulletin I was pretty sure there was a setting to make it private but still allow the SE bots to crawl the forum. I never saw any negative results when doing so.

eMonk · 04-28-2011, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gsx-R

You'll lose that traffic anyway since the page will be password protected, so why bother?

To get lurkers to register and become members.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nicky

If you have enough in-links to support the serp without the majority of the content your ranking will probably stay safe. We are talking about the forum index site right?

Hmm... I don't think I have in links... just a bunch of viewers in various city forums which got me these positions I think.

Quote:

Originally Posted by st0ned

What script is running your forum? In the past when I use to mess with vBulletin I was pretty sure there was a setting to make it private but still allow the SE bots to crawl the forum. I never saw any negative results when doing so.

vBulletin but I think you need a mod to do that.

04-28-2011, 12:07 PM	#1
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