eMember – Googles first click free not for all content?

[Katiska]

Googles FCF is a sitewide option, right? Most of the posts are under FCF because indexing by Google is more important for me than one-time-memberships. But I have some e-book-style-categories and lessons too and for those first click free isn’t the best idea. There is no need to index those by Google either, of course.

Is there any way to turn off FCF and indexing/showing content by Google just for certain categories and posts under those? I haven’t tested yet – not totaly sure how to do that – but If I enabled FCF and use robots.txt to stop googles bots not to indexing certain categories, will that work snd the most important one: work without breaking Googles rules?

[wzp]

Googles FCF is a sitewide option, right?

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/10/first-click-free-for-web-search.html

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can I allow Googlebot to access some restricted content pages but not others?

A: Yes.

Is there any way to turn off FCF and indexing/showing content by Google just for certain categories and posts under those?

Per the previously referenced link, you would provide a sitemap of what is, or is not, available for “FCF.” However, there may be a period of adjustment, until the search results sort themselves out.

What needs to be determined however, is the granularity of eMember’s FCF option. @Admin needs to weigh in on that… because the current documentation implies FCF is an all-or-nothing option for eMember:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-membership/how-to-use-google-first-click-free-feature-with-your-membership-site-413

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