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1. indiaberry
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   How do I prevent google from reading comments on my website? I don't mind google listing my site. I post an uncommon name on my website, and google track that word directly to my website. And since then, when I put that word in the google search, it come directly to my website. How do I keep google from reading my comment?

2. whooami
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   The ONLY way you can do that is by checking the user-agent and hiding content based on the user-agent.

   Here's something to get your brain in thinking mode:

   $useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
   $google = "Googlebot";
   $isgoogle = strpos($useragent, $google);
   If ($isgoogle === false) {
   //not a Google hit
   } else {
   //This is Google

3. indiaberry
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Where should I put that code?

4. whooami
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   "Here's something to get your brain in thinking mode"

   Doesnt sound like youre thinking, sounds like you want someone to do this for you?

5. indiaberry
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Should it go in the .htaccess file? Does it go in the index.php of the theme? Could I have a little more hint?

6. pravin
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   That is php code. It can go in one of two places

   1. index.php, page.php, single.php, etc before the comment code

   2. start of comment.php

   I'd pick 2 because it involves changing only 1 file.

7. indiaberry
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi! When I tried the code, the words show up on the page. How do I insert the code. I know how to edit a file. But what I don't know is if I need to put the code in this <php ?>

8. indiaberry
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It is just that I put that code in the comment.php, it show up on the page of where the comments are. I am wondering what is the best way to insert the code?

9. indiaberry
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I need a bit more help with this code, please.

10. adam-
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Put it all inside <? php ?> tags and tbh I haven't looked into it but if theres something like include(comments.php) then put the comments include in the // not a google hit. Oh, and I'm not a php coder but it's something like that ^^

    Adam

11. indiaberry
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    When I put this in:
    <?php $useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
    $google = "Googlebot";
    $isgoogle = strpos($useragent, $google);
    If ($isgoogle === false) {
    //not a Google hit
    } else {
    //This is Google
    ?>

    I get:
    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/domainname/public_html/writer/wp-content/themes/girl/comments.php on line 113

12. whooami
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    <?php $useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
    $google = "Googlebot";
    $isgoogle = strpos($useragent, $google);
    If ($isgoogle === false) {
    //not a Google hit
    } else {
    //This is Google
    }
    ?>

    Missing closing bracket.

13. indiaberry
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Thank you. I was having a hard time figuring out what went wrong. From now on, I will include the closing bracket. Topic solved.

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