: That depends from where the search engines actually crawl your site. Google, for example, usually crawls from USA, so you would block it from indexing your actual site, if you deny USA IPs.

@Jessie594

That depends from where the search engines actually crawl your site.

Google, for example, usually crawls from USA, so you would block it from indexing your actual site, if you deny USA IPs.

On the other hand, you can't allow only GoogleBot, because that is considered Cloaking, so you have to be very careful.

One solution would be to use a JavaScript file that blocks access to your site, this file has to be blocked using robots.txt, so Google isn't allowed to read it.

Have a look here: productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/webmasters/crawling-indexing--ranking/thqhs2Mrmtw
And here's some general info about Cloaking: plus.google.com/u/0/109412257237874861202/posts/EbRoyMnqggQ

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