are drafts in wordpress being indexed ?

  • Resolved coffeetalkingnet

    (@coffeetalkingnet)


    6 years, 11 months ago

    Hello,

    I use drafts to write posts, but I don’t publish them until they’re finished, so I don’t want Google nor Bing and other search engines to sniff up my unfinished stuff, to avoid people getting an error (page not found) whey they try to access possible links created to not already ready articles (that’s what I read it could happen, I’m not saying it happens to me yet).

    So, what’s the best approach to avoid it ?

    Are really drafts being indexed ? Should I write my posts in another way, like, google docs or skydrive to avoid that behaviour ?

    Thanks !!!

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  • Are 100% sure you did not publish the post and then change it back to draft?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    Drafts are not visible to non-logged-in users.

    You can also set it to a private page no one can see it, drafts could be published by accident if you not paying attention, no I wouldn’t put it in google docs, no need.

    Thread Starter coffeetalkingnet

    (@coffeetalkingnet)

    Thanks for every answer !

    Maybe I didn’t make myself understood; The exact doubt is:

    ** Are drafts indexed by Google ? **

    As I have said, this is not happening to me, but I have read that it happened to someone else. The purpose of my question is to avoid the possibility that unfinished content would appear on the results for any search in internet, and also to avoid, as I have read it could happen, that if the user clicks on one of those possible search results, a “page not found” could be shown.

    If this cannot happen, I will continue using drafts. If, on the other hand, It could happen, I would avoid the use of drafts. That’s all.

    In my blog, users can make comments but are not allowed to write posts nor pages, whether they are logged in or not. I’m the only one that can see my drafts, as no one but me can save a draft in the blog.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    Are drafts indexed by Google ?

    In short, no.

    Thread Starter coffeetalkingnet

    (@coffeetalkingnet)

    @sterndata: OK !

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