> > Why don't you use robots.txt like you're supposed to?
> 
> No, the situation is more complex than that.
> 
> Only in this case I'm actually trying to *prevent* google 
> from seeing keywords.
> 
> > Anyway, I doubt the spider runs Javascript, so it may not have even 
> > noticed unless you were doing it server-side.
> 
> Which is exactly it... I do do it server-side, with a very 
> simple php line that's literally:
> 
> <?= print(`head -n 100 /var/log/apache2/petertodd.ca-access.log`); ?>
> 
> But doing it with javascript is really a very good idea...


What's so complex about it?  Add a line to robots.txt excluding
/var/log/apache2 and you're done.

I realised a while back (but not soon enough) that if I was doing something
'complex' then I was probably doing it wrong.  Of course I had my reasons
for doing so...

BTW, if you want to keep you site in Google, I'd avoid playing with the
spider if I was you.

Tony

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