I have a VB 3.5 site which uses the CMPS index for the homepage. The VB files are in /forum off the root. The index file is index.php.
I currently have a robots.txt which is blocking everything. I am thinking about opening this up a little and adding the SEO system. I currently have 1000+ members and 65k posts. The site has been online for 4 years now, but was running UBB until this past May.
Here are my questions:
How secure is VB from SPAM bots and email harvesters? What will happen when I open up the robots.txt to allow everyone in?
What do I need to do to keep user information private? I want to index the posts and my site (including some non-forum material) but do not want to reveal personal information or have my user's profiles showing up on Google.
Will this also index posts that are in a GARS system?
Are there any recommendations you can make for a new site to make sure things don't get out of hand with the information that will be available?
Will Google and Yahoo start to point to my /forum for the root website?
How does SEO relate to the dynamic content as well as CMPS? Is this really just designed for creating static indices of dynamic pages?
How can I ensure a minimum of deep linking?
Thank you very much for answering my numerous questions.







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