From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2008 #155 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Saturday, August 30 2008 Volume 2008 : Number 155 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Privacy concerns [Vince ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:06:31 -0400 From: Vince Subject: Re: Privacy concerns Les, I appreciate what you are saying as I appreciate you. If there were a way to take the archives off line it would be appreciated and I am sure we could raise a few bucks and some Joni covers to throw Jeff's way as incentive. I don't care so much about the archives being searchable within jmdl.com. When a lot of us joined in the early years we did not anticipate that what we wrote within the JMDL would be available to the world on google, etc. There are things that I have posted in the longer ago JMDL past that were just intended for a private community, not the world. As we realized the reality of the internet, we adjusted, but that came later. So if the JMDL archives could not be google searchable... take the archives off line - for the past - I'd appreciate it. Vince On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Les Irvin wrote: > Many people agreed: > > So I support your request to make the list unavailable > > to google searches. > > The JMDL has been hosted (for free) since April of 1998 by Jeff Wasilko and > the kind people at Smoe. He/they host many lists (http://smoe.org/lists) > and have automated the entire server process which includes an on-line > archive (JMDL here: http://smoe.org/lists/joni). There are ways a > webmaster > can tell search engines not to index a certain page/folder, but many > engines > ignore those requests anyway. I've asked Jeff in the past to take the > archives off-line, but it requires (de)programming on his part and... well, > he's busy and really doesn't have an incentive to do so. > > The (almost) complete JMDL archives are available and searchable at > JMDL.com > but only to those who are logged in. The average web surfer wouldn't know > of their existence as they are not mentioned anywhere. To my knowledge, > Google has not indexed the archives there. > > Ultimately, I feel that if one joins an internet list one has to expect > that > that list is going to leak into search engines at some point. Comes with > the territory. Trying to remove any trace of it from searches would be > like > trying to stop Joni from smoking. > > In other words, I'm not sure the request can be fulfilled. > > Les ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2008 #155 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe