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How does that even work?
by QuantumRoar 10y ago
How does that even work?
- toyg 10y agoMost paywalls check the request referral and let it through when it comes from the big search engines. This ensures they will remain listed and hence relevant.
- oneeyedpigeon 10y agoIt's a by-product of the broken paywall model. Sites want to protect their content, but they still want traffic to their site. Checking that the referrer is a search engine is a weird middle-way workaround.
- dexterdog 10y agoJust use a referer switcher like Referer Control on Chrome.