SEO for User Authenticated Content

[manutx]

Hi Everyone -

I have a potential client who is seeking SEO for a site that contains about 95% of content only accessible through user authentication .

Does anyone have tips for getting this indexed without having to open it up to the public?

I was considering adding "snippets" into the robots.txt or creating an additional page with snippets linking to the login page.

I'd appreciate any thoughts!

Thanks!

[SorinaDascalu]

For websites that have their content not publicly available there is a solution from Google to index it, is called "First Click Free" and consists on providing to the visitors that arrived to your site via Google search the entire piece of content ranked in the search  results for free.

In Google Support they explain it better and in more detail, so you should read this: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=74536 and also the technical requirements.

[manutx]

Thank you Sorina!