Brad Kellett: See Protected Content – be the Googlebot
Dave
· 11 months ago
Another way to avoid their gotcha is to read the cached version instead. This is easy when coming from search results because you can just whack the 'Back' button and hit the Google cache link (if they haven't disabled it). I use the cache by reflex for sites like expertsexchange.com.
As for the ethics of depriving them of a signup etc, it's great as far as I'm concerned because they're rorting their search ranking - never share with Google what you're not prepared to share with Google's users.
Dave
· 11 months ago
Also, you may need to disable your CSS rendering to see the cache. This can be done with one click if you use the Web Developer Firefox extension - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/60
Brad Kellett
· 11 months ago
Absolutely Dave, that's a great tip. The cache doesn't always work so well, but it's an easy thing to try.
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As for the ethics of depriving them of a signup etc, it's great as far as I'm concerned because they're rorting their search ranking - never share with Google what you're not prepared to share with Google's users.