Did you take a look at Google's options for blocking indexing of sites <http://www.google.com/remove.html> ? Would any of them work? Dan Robinson [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: LISTSERV site administrators' forum > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Stephen C. Nill > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 8:47 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Google, the Deep Web, and LISTSERV Archives > > > [Cross-posted to LSTSRV-L and LSTOWN-L.] > > Colleagues, > > I've checked the archives of LSTSRV-L and LSTOWN-L and > believe this is the > first time this has been discussed.... > > Google now appears to be able to search what has been termed the "deep > web," meaning that it is able to access and pull data from > dynamically-generated web pages such as LISTSERV archives. > > We discovered this when we began to receive requests from > list subscribers > to remove their postings from our archives. They explained > that when they > Google their names (yes, "to Google" is now a verb), their > postings come up > and often lead the list of search results. > >