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It would be incredibly naive to think that google does no checks on the sites they list in their searches. For one, they own Youtube and can directly look up if

by Tehnix 8y ago

It would be incredibly naive to think that google does no checks on the sites they list in their searches. For one, they own Youtube and can directly look up if the video is private, and secondly, aren’t there handling of this in stuff like robots.txt?... Edit: are we Reddit now, and downvotes are a sign of disagrement?

whatshisface 8y ago
>For one, they one Youtube and can directly look up if the video is private, If Google was found to be treating their own properties differently, there would be an outcry that you couldn't believe.
- lftl 8y ago
  Google supports the robots meta tag: https://developers.google.com/search/reference/robots_meta_tag https://developers.google.com/search/reference/robots_meta_t... They could easily add a noindex meta tag to unlisted YT videos and then have Google Search treat it like any other site.
  - pbhjpbhj 8y ago
    You could still find the unlisted videos on a page that links to them (such as a playlist). Google couldn't delist pages that merely link to noindex content, in general, without allowing everyone who can control noindex tags being able to delist any page that allows UGC with links. Imagine if Google say "if it links to a non-public YT video we'll delist it", that's just a weapon to get pages that take UGC delisted.
- microwavecamera 8y ago
  Key word there is found. Look at Facebook and the whole Cambridge Analytica debacle. The outcry happens after the fact, after they're caught. Assuming the worst is no different than assuming the best.
zeusk 8y ago
> aren’t there handling of this in stuff like robots.txt?... robots.txt only describes where a bot should go and where it shouldn't go, but nothing about what it should do with the content it discovers.
- detaro 8y ago
  robots meta-tags would be the place though.
kerng 8y ago
I never use Google to search, so I get to see all the private unlisted stuff? No, that would be a big fail on Google's side.

by Tehnix 8y ago

whatshisface 8y ago

>For one, they one Youtube and can directly look up if the video is private, If Google was found to be treating their own properties differently, there would be an outcry that you couldn't believe.

lftl 8y ago
Google supports the robots meta tag: https://developers.google.com/search/reference/robots_meta_tag https://developers.google.com/search/reference/robots_meta_t... They could easily add a noindex meta tag to unlisted YT videos and then have Google Search treat it like any other site.
- pbhjpbhj 8y ago
  You could still find the unlisted videos on a page that links to them (such as a playlist). Google couldn't delist pages that merely link to noindex content, in general, without allowing everyone who can control noindex tags being able to delist any page that allows UGC with links. Imagine if Google say "if it links to a non-public YT video we'll delist it", that's just a weapon to get pages that take UGC delisted.
microwavecamera 8y ago
Key word there is found. Look at Facebook and the whole Cambridge Analytica debacle. The outcry happens after the fact, after they're caught. Assuming the worst is no different than assuming the best.

zeusk 8y ago

> aren’t there handling of this in stuff like robots.txt?... robots.txt only describes where a bot should go and where it shouldn't go, but nothing about what it should do with the content it discovers.

detaro 8y ago
robots meta-tags would be the place though.

kerng 8y ago

I never use Google to search, so I get to see all the private unlisted stuff? No, that would be a big fail on Google's side.