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Hiding a web site

Nov 10, 2005 8:48AM PST

I'm working on building a web site for someone, and this person would like the web site "hidden" for a while for security reasons. Is there a way to make sure that the site cannot be found by someone who is using a search engine? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

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Not sure
Nov 10, 2005 6:38PM PST

Not sure if this will NOT find it or not but


Do not use any meta tags.

Give it a try.

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add this
Nov 10, 2005 10:02PM PST
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Thanks!
Nov 13, 2005 10:25AM PST

Thanks for your help. I'll give it a try.