Unpleasant message.

[Penrhos1920]

If he doesn't want search engines to find his images and display them then he should code his pages correctly.

 

But of course that is the problem, very few people code their pages themselves they use applications to do the work for them and so never realise  what can be added to the html.

 

So what code do you use to stop search engines finding your images?

[jonhall]

So what code do you use to stop search engines finding your images?

I'm not quite sure I understand why anyone would put pictures on the web and then make them difficult for people to find?

 

Jon

[Jonboy]

So what code do you use to stop search engines finding your images?

 

 

http://www.feedthebot.com/robottxt.html

[Kenton]

 

I'm not quite sure I understand why anyone would put pictures on the web and then make them difficult for people to find?

 

Jon

You have a personal site you wish to share only with subscribing or "family/group" members. The photographs could be of your family members and might include children - you do not want them broadcast around the globe just kept within your select group.

 

 

http://www.feedthebot.com/robottxt.html

Only works for bots that take the trouble to read robots.txt file - the vast majority of bots do not do this (even suspect that the likes of Google and others are truly complient).

 

As I am always telling every one - if you want to keep a secret don't tell anyone and don't ever write it down.

[martin_wynne]

You have a personal site you wish to share only with subscribing or "family/group" members. The photographs could be of your family members and might include children - you do not want them broadcast around the globe just kept within your select group.

 

This can be done by setting .htaccess password protection on the relevant folder.

 

Lots of info on the web, see for example: http://www.htaccesstools.com/articles/password-protection/

[Kenton]

.htaccess is good but can be broken especially if you are on a shared network (or worse shared PC). It really is close to 99.99% secure on a https webserver. (the login+password is sent to the browser in plain text and subsequently included in headers to the site unless you actively log off and close your browser. This transfer of plain text can be read by anyone with access to the network. WiFi hotspots (or unencrypted insecure home hubs) are particularly vulnerable.

 

The trouble is that many cheap websites do not allow https and many virtual ones do not even allow basic .htaccess but for those that do it is certainly far better than robots.txt which is a waste of space.