search engines (like Google) scour websites and index their contents. That's just what they do. And these forums are accessible by anyone, whether or not they are "actual users" or "logged in." Meaning that search engines can and do access and index the site's publicly available content.

So it only makes sense to exercise reasonable caution when posting to a forum. That doesn't mean that people shouldn't post things. It just means that people should think before posting. If it isn't something that you're okay with the rest of the world reading, then you might want to either edit or reconsider.

And this is hardly the only site on the net that gets regularly scraped by the likes of Googlebot, MSNbot, Yahoo Slurp, Alexa et al. In fact, it's that constant scraping and indexing that makes those search platforms so damn handy for hunting things down.

There's good and bad in everything. If you want privacy, the PM's won't be externally indexed or searched. Likewise chat, although anything you post there will be visible to anyone else participating in the chat. A forum post is much more akin to a public announcement in the town square than a discreet aside inside of a private club.

Again, I'm not attempting to speak for the site's owners, this is just my personal understanding as a web-aware computer geek.

Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.

Why is it when someone googles our new Store that my posts on dead.net show up??
What's up with that Privacy clause, i dont need everyone reading our posts, I find that really weird! It even happens when I google my missing brother ,all my posts on dead.net show up!
My posts are for dead.net friends not everyone in the world :(
Maybe I better watch what aI post for now on! I just may stop posting for good
Peace!

A friend who has a radio program in Baton Rouge was playing "Bob Fried Memorial Boogie" and asked "who knows how Bob died"?. I've been on the web and can't seem to find much except that he passed away in San Mateo in 1974.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Happy High Holidays.
Jim in Austin

badger, et al.

It is certainly my pleasure to share these little tidbits.

anyways, badger, you know I owe you big time.

setlists. net allows you to search by song,

but like in the case of:

01/13/66
The Matrix - San Francisco, CA
Set 1:
All Of My Love
Hog For You Baby

that is all there is... some of those Pig tunes go WAY back... and many ain't got no tape.

setlists also has a lot of links connected into archiv . org so you can usually get the show right up.

archive . org's search thing is a pain.

cheers, mate.

peace.

Wow thanks CC

your kind researches have unearthed a few I have never heard of or heard. Now I'll have to find them and listen. Tough assignment :-)