Are test sites able to be found on search engines?

Hello all. I have created a site as a test and did not want this test site found by Google etc, are BC test sites found by search engines?
thanks
Martin

Post a link of the development site to another site, forum or blog that is indexed then google will go take a look at the site linked and index it unless you deny it fully with a robots.txt

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
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content="I started this HVAC heating and cooling company to give people an alternative choice for economical repairs. My approach for every customer is to restore your current heating and cooling systems to its original capacity. This is accomplished through proper charge levels, coil cleaning, leak repairs, sealing duct leaks and other services. Replacing a complete system will cost you thousands of dollars and that's whats why I believe it should be the absolute last resort.
Our Promise to You...
We guarantee our technicians are highly qualified, expertly trained service professionals.
We guarantee that your technician will be clean, friendly, knowledgeable, and clean up their work area.
We guarantee your satisfaction.
Let Air Repair of the Carolinas meet your heating and cooling needs!
For fast services and fair pricing call Air Repair today!" />
<title>Welcome to Air Repair of the Carolinas</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
<link href="arc.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
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<map name="navigate" id="navigate">
 <area shape="rect" coords="42,160,177,198" href="index.html" target="_self" />
 <area shape="rect" coords="282,162,414,199" href="about.html" target="_self" />
 <area shape="rect" coords="504,162,626,199" href="services.html" target="_self" />
 <area shape="rect" coords="720,162,901,201" href="testimonials.html" target="_self" />
 <area shape="rect" coords="656,89,883,132" href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" />
</map><table width="940" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" id="table1">
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 <td height="247" colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" class="Header"><img src="images/family2.jpg" alt="family" width="301" height="192" align="right" />Welcome and Hello
 
 I started this HVAC heating and cooling company to give people an alternative choice for economical repairs. My approach for every customer is to restore your current heating and cooling systems to its original capacity. This is accomplished through proper charge levels, coil cleaning, leak repairs, sealing duct leaks and other services. Replacing a complete system will cost you thousands of dollars and that's whats why I believe it should be the absolute last resort. 
 
 Our Promise to You... 
 <img src="images/checkmark.jpg" alt="check" width="19" height="16" border="0" /> We guarantee our technicians are highly qualified, expertly trained service professionals. 
 <img src="images/checkmark.jpg" alt="check" width="19" height="16" border="0" /> We guarantee that your technician will be clean, friendly, knowledgeable, and clean up their work area. 
 <img src="images/checkmark.jpg" alt="check" width="19" height="16" border="0" /> We guarantee your satisfaction. 
 
 
 Let Air Repair of the Carolinas meet your heating and cooling needs!
 
 For fast services and fair pricing call Air Repair today!</td>
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 <td width="797" align="left" valign="top"><img src="images/staycool.jpg" width="576" height="221" alt="cool" /><a href="images/25offservice.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="images/25offservice.jpg" width="200" height="221" border="0" /></a></td>
 <td width="108" align="left" valign="top"><img src="images/epacert.jpg" alt="epacertified" name="epa" width="108" height="107" border="0" id="epa" /></td>
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<a href="index.html" target="_self">Welcome</a><img src="images/space.gif" alt="space" width="18" height="7" border="0" />|<img src="images/space.gif" alt="space" width="18" height="7" border="0" /><a href="about.html" target="_self">About Us</a><img src="images/space.gif" alt="space" width="18" height="7" border="0" />|<img src="images/space.gif" alt="space" width="18" height="7" border="0" /><a href="services.html" target="_self">Services</a><img src="images/space.gif" alt="space" width="18" height="7" border="0" />|<img src="images/space.gif" alt="space" width="18" height="7" border="0" /><a href="testimonials" target="_self">Testimonials</a> 
 

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Your meta tag is not formatted correctly.
There isn't one named the...
AirRepairCarolina, Air Repair of the Carolinas, ac, airconditioning, air conditioner, air conditioning, repair service, cold air, HVAC - air conditioning service, hot air, furnace and heat pump repair/installation in the Gastonia, Charlotte, Monroe, and Dallas NC, North Carolina, south carolina. air conditioning service, HVAC, heat pump, air conditioning & furnace repair"
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Let Air Repair of the Carolinas meet your heating and cooling needs!
For fast services and fair pricing call Air Repair today!"
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<meta name="description" content="this is where the description goes" />
<meta name="keywords" content="keywords go here" /> (ignored by most browsers)
You also MUST reduce the size of that description. Generally speaking one or two sentences is it and formatting is also ignored (all the line breaks). That massive block is being ignored first, because it's not correctly formatted, second even if it was, it is going to present to the search engines as a cramming situation and be ignored.
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