I don't know how integrated LJSearch is with LJ or in what manner, but there are several ways LJsearch could have access to locked files:
1. As you said, the posts could at one time have been public. 2. The database view that LJSearch uses could have locked posts, or might not have been updated to reflect posts later locked. 3. LJ might have returned locked search results that LJSearch then indexed. Let's face it, LJ hasn't always been the model of good architecture.
In any event, I'm going through the process of locking mine.
This has been my point: they're the same breed as spammers. Putting up a note on your LJ won't stop them from indexing public entries or keeping things that once were public.
They're not the same breed as spammers, it's just that most people don't understand the mechanics of obedient spiders. LJFind obeys robots.txt; if they were the same breed as spammers, they would not.
I meant in terms of the sort of person who does this. This is a moneymaking ploy. He indexes public posts to get fodder for pages on which he makes ad revenue. And from what I've seen in everal different places, asking him to remove your livejournal (or following the instructions he gives in his LJ post) doesn't work. At least not in the 48 hours he promises. He's a bottom-feeder and should be expected to act as such.
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1. As you said, the posts could at one time have been public.
2. The database view that LJSearch uses could have locked posts, or might not have been updated to reflect posts later locked.
3. LJ might have returned locked search results that LJSearch then indexed. Let's face it, LJ hasn't always been the model of good architecture.
In any event, I'm going through the process of locking mine.
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Anyway, when I searched my own name, I only saw entries that mention me--and none of my own entries
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And yeah, you're fine. http://www.ljfind.com/user/uberconfused yields nothing.
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