Spidering members forums

[JohnnyBGood]

Hi

I would like to know if it is possible to have google spider forums that are not available to guests? Essentially I want to only let members (free registration) read the forums, but I DO want google and other search engines to be able to index them.

Any help would be greatly apreciated.

Regards,

John

P.S. As an aside, I had two support tickets last night and had the fastest response I have ever had from any support. Keep it up guys!

[Keith Cohen]

That is possible with hacks that are available on vbulletin.org, but it is not recommended since you aren't supposed to show search engines anything that guests can't see.

[JohnnyBGood]

I suppose that is true, but I'm not sure what to do then. As it is about70% of all registered members do not post anything at all, and if they can read everything without registering, I worry that it will in turn result in next to no registrations.

Advice?

Thanks,

John

[rob]

What is your URL Johnny?

[JohnnyBGood]

Ardent Forum

[rob]

I asked for your URL to try and decypher what the forums were about....

I'm still non the wiser.

[Keith Cohen]

<meta name="keywords" content="property,investing,forum,real estate,residential" />
<meta name="description" content="The official discussion forum for Ardent - the Propert Investors Community" />

And: Welcome to Ardent - Ardent Forum

[JohnnyBGood]

Well, as you may have noticed, I have decided to go for allowing guests to read the forum but not post. Hopefully this will be a better option long term, but we will see.

Thanks for the help guys.

[Nicke]

My guests can read but now view attachments (photos), I guess that make some more register aswell.