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Ask YC: Online demo url
We just read that YC prefers an obscure demo url that is not password protected, and
we have the following options.
http://56.34.433.32 http://56.34.433.32
- url to our development server
- This is safe without a password protection, but it is less reliable and I have to keep my computer on until YC reviews our demo.
http://www.demo.com/obscure http://www.demo.com/obscure, or http://www.obscure.com http://www.obscure.com
- url to our production server
- Although direct hits aren't likely, without a password protection, we are concerned that they will become accessible from search engines.
How did you guys handle this problem, and what would be the most appropriate form of the obscure demo url?
Thank you very much, and good luck to you all!
- gscott 19y ago> we are concerned that they will become accessible from search engines. Add a robots.txt so the site doesn't get indexed. User-agent: * Disallow: /
- wonjun 19y agoThanks a lot, that's a great solution!
- tipjoy 19y agoYou could also use a non-standard port. We are.
- wonjun 19y agoThat's another great solution. Thanks a lot!
- nextmoveone 19y agoWonjun..that's a very unique name...I know a kid named Wonjun in real life. I never thought I'd see a second.
- jackdied 19y agoFirst, your post would have been comedy gold if those had been real demo URLs. Second, consider making the demo launch a POST from the landing URL. That should stop the crawlers you won't have in the first place.
- wonjun 19y agoyeah, that would've been a disaster. Thanks a lot for your suggestion.
- mwerty 19y agoAn obscure query string.