- To: Andre Pang <ozone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [chat] Re: [SLUG] apache access log -- "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.0" 404 284
- From: Terry Collins <terryc@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue Sep 4 16:19:02 2001
- Cc: Peter Hardy <peterhardy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Silly Linux Users Group <slug-chat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Organization: Wombat Outdoor Adventures
Andre Pang wrote:
> i think that all web search engines respect the
> robots.txt file.
I missed your humour tag. Unfortunately, many search engines ignore
robots.txt, which is why there was a discussion on poison and similar
revenge tactics in the archives. A good example of ones that ignore it
are the ones harvesting email addresses.
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