Robots Can See Threads - Even As Guest Settings are to not?

[sfc]

I have the forum set so that guest can see list of thread, buts when they click on it they cant read the thread unless the register.

Will I have to make it so that guest can view thread information in order for the robots to index the threads and posts.

[Future]

Will I have to make it so that guest can view thread information in order for the robots to index the threads and posts.

This is known as "cloaking" I am afraid your site shall be banned by search engines once caught.

[sfc]

Gotcha. I have seen several sites running vbseo and not allowing guest to view threads... not very smart than eh? but I noticed their threads are still being indexed...

[Future]

until engines notice you are cloaking you can enjoy, but once caught expect severe penalties for that domain.

[dutchbb]

Just show content to guests, once I didn't do it either but believe me it's a lot better to show content to guests. It has zero effect on registrations on my site, people will only be annoyed with it if they can't access without registration.