Chances are unless you submit your site to search engines it will take a little while before they find it. Another option is to password protect the directory you pages are in. That way if someone happens to find it they'd need a password to see it.
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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