# Private forum and SEO

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-forum-and-seo/151469>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [14 במאי,‏ 2020,‏ 10:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-forum-and-seo/151469 "2020-05-14T10:51:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rahim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rahim/32/175936_2.png) [@Rahim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rahim)\
**Post date:** [14 במאי,‏ 2020,‏ 10:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-forum-and-seo/151469/1 "2020-05-14T10:51:23Z")

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Hello community,  
Hope you are fine.

I just wonder is there any side effects for SEO in private forums?

I mean will google still crawl the forums and index the topics while the sitemap is not accessible for visitors like google’s robots in private mode?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [14 במאי,‏ 2020,‏ 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-forum-and-seo/151469/2 "2020-05-14T12:35:35Z")

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If login is required then there is no SEO since the crawler doesn’t log in. If crawlers could see the private site then it would not be private.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [13 ביוני,‏ 2020,‏ 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-forum-and-seo/151469/3 "2020-06-13T12:35:47Z")

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