Hiding Names from Search Engines

How to put a name in a page and not end up in Google

[DeDobber]

I want to put a name in an HTML page, and I want the page to show up in the index, but I don't want the page to show up when searching for a name. For example, if I put:

J<span>ohn</span> D<span>oe</span>

...in the page, the browsers would render it like I put "John Doe" in the page. Would Google (and other spiders) consider this text to be the equivalent of "J ohn D oe" or "John Doe"? What about:

&#114;&#115;&#118;&#121; &#123;&#132;&#122;

...or whatever the ASCII codes are for "John Doe". Again, would the search engines show this result in a search for "John Doe"?

Has anyone successfully "anonymized" a name in a page without resorting to creating an image?

[rcjordan]

(Topics relating to search engines in general are moved to a more appropriate forum.)

Write it in javascript. Use a variation of the one given for email harvesters, here:

[webmasterworld.com...]

[StanBo]

Javascript is a good option. An alternative is to use robots.txt

[NameNick]

Hi,

An image which contains the name might be an option. I'm using that method with e-mail addresses and it works fine.

NN