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[indiaberry]

I have another crazy question. I don't mind google caching my site but there are some words on my site that I don't want to be link back to my site through the search result.
For example, if I search up 'jumping jack', I don't want to find my link in the search result for that term. But I want that page in the search engine to be found through another word such as 'jumping monkey'. I have this website, where I blank out words to avoid google linking back to to the specific words but the site is in the search engine.

How do I do that? Move this post where it belong...thanks.

[ServWise]

Originally Posted by indiaberry

I have another crazy question. I don't mind google caching my site but there are some words on my site that I don't want to be link back to my site through the search result.
For example, if I search up 'jumping jack', I don't want to find my link in the search result for that term. But I want that page in the search engine to be found through another word such as 'jumping monkey'. I have this website, where I blank out words to avoid google linking back to to the specific words but the site is in the search engine.

How do I do that? Move this post where it belong...thanks.

Well I wouldn't use the robot.txt file for that, AFAIK it wouldn't be possible.

If I understand correctly what you want, basically you want to show the user some content within a page that the search engine cant see.

Well the the best way will probably be to use some server side code to remove the content if the visitor is a search engine robot.

This can be done by checking for things like the users browser language setting, (robots don't have one) or the ability to use javascript (Again most robots cant process javascript). There is always the possibility of false positives though.

Also a warning as because you are essentially showing different content to the search engines as apposed to your visitors you will be breaking Googles terms and will risk your site being black holed.

[Friend07]

Hi,
use Java script like:
<p>Some text here <script type = "text/javascript">
document.write("jumping jack");
</script> more text!!!</p>

[ServWise]

Originally Posted by Friend07

Hi,
use Java script like:
<p>Some text here <script type = "text/javascript">
document.write("jumping jack");
</script> more text!!!</p>

Problem with that is that although search engines don't process javascript they do still record it and so it can still be indexed as text.

[fastnoc]

exactly.

The other thought is to create images for the text you don't want indexed, then call them in the page. Or do a replacement with PHP so it replaces that specific word with the image.