We have encountered a MAJOR security flaw where people can easily find part of the site that we want hidden. If this isn't the right forum, please let me know where to post it.

We are using the K2 component extension with the Uber template. When somebody Google searches our website + SuperUser (see Img01). They are able to find a list of all the K2 items created by that user (see Img02).

We DON'T want Google (or any search engine) to index these pages for any user. Can we either disable these list pages or alternatively, just stop Google from indexing them? Do we need to use a robots.txt to achieve this? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    trevorellis
    Hi
    This is normal as the content is index on Google and super use is the author of all these articles.
    https://prnt.sc/11p0av9
    In Joomla you have option to hide the Author Meta tag via Joomla global configurations. About the K2 items specific part you may need to write it on k2 support forum .
    Here is example meta tag you can see in your K2 item page source code : <meta name="author" content="Super User" />

        Ninja Okay, thanks for such a quick response. I've now done that. Will Google search results now lose these pages the next time it indexes/recrawls the site or do I have to manually do anything else to change Google indexing? I know you can make a request for Google to recrawl a site. Would that be necessary or not?

            trevorellis

            trevorellis a request for Google to recrawl a site

            On K2 item pages its generated from K2 so you need to raise a support question on the K2 forum for this info,
            About the Joomla it will apply on Joomla content items and work for new indexing. As you know for early removal you must have to contact Google webmaster.

                  Ninja changed the title to remove author meta tag on k2 items.

                  Ninja Okay, thank you very much for your help. I will raise the issue with the K2 forums and look at requesting a recrawl from Google.

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