# Require code to stop SE registering website links

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/require-code-to-stop-se-registering-website-links/326078
**Category:** web dev
**Created:** [November 21, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/require-code-to-stop-se-registering-website-links/326078 "2011-11-21T20:20:35Z")
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### Author: ![catcat31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@catcat31](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/catcat31)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/require-code-to-stop-se-registering-website-links/326078/1 "2011-11-21T20:20:35Z")

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Hi,

A long time ago I remember putting some code on a website (in a txt file I think) which stopped the search engines from spidering the web pages I didn’t want showing online. I’ve forgotten how this should look. Please help.