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From the FAQ: > It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds. So what's the workaround? The web link doesn't work anymore.
by snarfy 10y ago
From the FAQ:
> It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds.
So what's the workaround? The web link doesn't work anymore.
- jdavis703 10y agoClick the web link and use the AMP version (you may need to spoof your browser's user agent as being either Android chrome or iOS Safari).
- CodeWriter23 10y agoCopy / paste headline into Google. Then click in from from the search results. Google Webmaster Rules require the exact same content delivered to the spider to be delivered to a search user.
- andrewstuart2 10y agoHave you tried that? It doesn't work for me any more. It definitely used to but it's not worked the last few times I've tried it.
- nhebb 10y agoIn the past it worked best for me when I Googled the article title using Chrome in incognito mode (in case of cookies). For some reason it's never worked for me in Firefox. Most of the time it's not worth the hassle, so I don't jump through hoops anymore to read paywalled articles.
- stillsut 10y agoI believe they did eliminate all loopholes for one day to see how it would affect traffic and subscriptions. I'm able to get this article but not others. I think they might be doing more cross-sectional A/B type tests along this line now, making different articles available open or closed to the google-referral-loophole. Maybe even different access to different IP blocks?
- CodeWriter23 10y agoI saw either yours or a similar comment somewhere else on this topic, so I tried it again. It worked on mobile and desktop. Maybe there's something else going on for you like a browser extension that anonymizes your clicks through SERPs? (If there is such a thing) Maybe one that deletes your Referer: header.