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Does index file TRULY block evidence of other files?
If i have a blank index.html file is there any way for someone to get past it to see other files?

Example: www.bookingapple.com

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They would have to know the exact names of the pages. But if they did they could get around that.
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Right. I'm just checking to confirm that there's not some techie way to get a view of the folders and files without knowing their names.
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Google and other search engines may crawl and index your site. Searching for terms on these 'hidden' pages will return a link to them. Your best bet is to prevent Google from crawling the pages by setting up a robots.txt file. Find info on the robots.txt here: The Web Robots Pages




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