Author Topic: Wordpress Privacy Settings (Read 291 times)

jj · « **on:** January 15, 2012, 04:18:44 AM »

Hi,

Installing my network of blogs and the default setting in the privacy setting is to "Ask search engines not to index this site"

Don't know whether that is standard, but it's worth everyone checking to see if it is...

andrewwilson · « **Reply #1 on:** January 15, 2012, 04:58:04 AM »

Is this a change to the settings in new versions of WP?

It'd be vexing to have loads of sites set up that way, eh?

videomike · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2012, 08:00:35 AM »

Hi JJ

You definitely need to change that to SEs indexing the sites, after all the whole network does not make sense if the pages don't show up in the SEs. I have not seen that kind of behavior with any of my sites...

Mike

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JohnG · « **Reply #3 on:** January 21, 2012, 09:42:35 AM »

Having just read your post about Privacy Settings, I checked on about 10 of my blogs and thankfully they are all set to automatically allow indexing.

Whilst checking I noticed the following statement:-

Note: Neither of these options blocks access to your site — it is up to search engines to honor your request

Which appears under the two settings. It would appear that even if the setting is set to the wrong setting, the likelihood is that your site would still get searched.

Best though to ensure when setting up your sites that you go through the settings carefully.

jj · « **Reply #4 on:** January 29, 2012, 03:36:57 AM »

Hi,

I don't know if it's standard or just whoever's hosting the blog that determines some of the settings and files when you're installing wordpress.

I have to get a .htaccess file from my working blogs to get the permalinks %postname% to work as well.

andrewwilson · « **Reply #5 on:** January 29, 2012, 04:42:37 AM »

Maybe a look to a new host? Are you using their WP installer or is it 'proper' something like Fantastico?

jj · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:31:41 AM »

Hi,

It's in cpanel but not fantastico, but similar.

Apart from that they're a good host. Support is fast and its $2 an an IP address and the 2 hosts that I tried for $1 an IP address: one didn't like doing support so they gave me a refund instead;

http://www.cclassiphosting.com/ conned me out of $30 and never gave me the hosting I paid for, and after 3 weeks my account is still showing as pending.

HoneyJo · « **Reply #7 on:** January 31, 2012, 10:04:03 AM »

Quote from: videomike on January 20, 2012, 08:00:35 AM

Hi JJ
You definitely need to change that to SEs indexing the sites, after all the whole network does not make sense if the pages don't show up in the SEs. I have not seen that kind of behavior with any of my sites...
Mike

Hi Guys,

Any/all of you who are having a problem with your WordPress set up should read Mike's
post (not just the post above) and follow his instructions!!!

Furthermore, if there is something you do not know, or you need help with 'Ask Mike'!

He has taught me more about using WordPress than anyone or anything else on the net.

For real,

HoneyJo

videomike · « **Reply #8 on:** February 03, 2012, 01:10:32 AM »

Thanks HoneyJo ;-)

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HoneyJo · « **Reply #9 on:** February 03, 2012, 06:59:16 AM »

It's a fact Mike,

I thank you, I doubt if my writer's site would have ever received a hit,
if not for your advice.

HJ

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