Frustrating Link Issue

[idotcom]

Hi.

I've been trying to hide just one freaking url from search engines, including google. This is not for blackhat or being sneaky. I simply want to keep one link out of any index. The url is just a variable that is for USERS to change flash design theme. I don't want the engines indexing it.

Ohh.. and the link is in a image map.


I'v tried using javascript to write the link html in, because I read search engines don't use javascript... so what the heck is my link doing in google.

Someone please tell me how to keep my link out of any and all search engines. No robots should see the link.

PHP... Javascript...???

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[ewc21]

Who are the ones who should see it? I understand it is not a real URL that's why you intend to hide it from crawlers.

Did you try remove URL tool from Google?
http://services.google.com:8882/urlconsole/controller?cmd=reload&lastcmd=login

Remove all links pointing to it?

Do a 301 redirection?

[Rob]

have you tried just excluding the url using robots.txt?

[idotcom]

Hi guys

I've got it I think... I did a multi level php check on user agent, and if user agent is ok, I do a javascript writein... so hopefully this wil cut it.

However, if the page has google ads and someone uses the design link, I see that media partners google bot reads the url with the design var in it.

Hopefully, that does not mean that googlebot will index the url that media partners google bot sees.

Thanks