# Search Engines

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-engines/195992>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 4, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-engines/195992 "2006-08-04T13:22:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![thesleuth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@thesleuth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thesleuth)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-engines/195992/1 "2006-08-04T13:22:42Z")

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Hi, I would like to know if there’s a way to keep out search engines from searching a certain folder on your site using PHP. And also, are there other ways of keeping a certain folder private? Thanks in advance.