Topic: [Resolved] Hiding member activity from google search listings

[Resolved] Hiding member activity from google search listings

@foresme

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10 years, 5 months ago

Is there a way to hide member activity from Google? Some of my users are getting freaked out that some of their private posts within our community come up in the Google search listings.

Google is displaying Activity Streams and Extended Profile information like this: https://www.google.co.nz/?gws_rd=cr&ei=WpTDU7bLKYqWkwWk8oEQ#q=reauthoring+anton+keijzer

I hope you have a solution! Our members feel their privacy is being breached. It’s a website for a community of therapists to share ideas and information and a lot of the things discussed are sensitive and personal.

It would be great to keep these excerpts off Google – but HOW?

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@mercime

Participant

10 years, 5 months ago
@foresme
1) Activity Privacy: https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-activity-privacy/

2) Profile Privacy: copy over this file https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/2.0.1/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/single/profile/profile-loop.php into your active theme folder following this structure wp-content/themes/yourthemename/buddypress/members/single/profile/profile-loop.php

– at the very top of that file, insert:
<?php if ( is_user_logged_in()) : ?>

– at the very end of that file, insert:
```
<?php else : ?>
<?php echo "<div style='width: 100%; padding: 20px; border: 1px solid #eee; text-align: center; font-style:bold; font-size: 1.3em;'>You have to log in to view this member's profile.</div>"; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
```
(updated version of danbp’s reply in this post)
@foresme

Participant

10 years, 5 months ago

@mercime,

Thank you for your suggestions! You’re a star. I have a membership plugin which prevents non-members from being able to view member profiles or activity streams.

The issue however, is Google. Google is still displaying info from activity streams and profiles as excerpts in the google listings, e.g. https://www.google.co.nz/?gws_rd=cr&ei=WpTDU7bLKYqWkwWk8oEQ#q=reauthoring+anton+keijzer (although the page is protected as private).

Is there a way to prevent google from listing this content?

@bphelp

Participant

10 years, 5 months ago

@foresme
What membership plugin are you using? Have you tried:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/private-bp-pages/
Full disclosure I am the plugin author.

@foresme

Participant

10 years, 5 months ago

@bphelp

Hello! I’m using the Membership plugin by WPMU.

Will the private bp pages plugin hide member activity from Google listings?

Thank you 🙂

@bphelp

Participant

10 years, 5 months ago

@foresme
Yes and it also blocks RSS feeds as well from Google. It won’t remove the things Google already indexed but it should prevent any further indexing of your sites activity etc. Just make sure to read the F.A.Q. before activating the plugin.

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