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Back in the day, Google didn't reference links that showed a different page to the bot from what it does to users. the WSJ presence in their search has substant
by tqwhite 10y ago
Back in the day, Google didn't reference links that showed a different page to the bot from what it does to users. the WSJ presence in their search has substantially reduced the utility of Google's results. I do not understand why they allow it.
- thinkloop 10y agoIt's likely that the page is not different, just "updated", like if you fixed a spelling error on your blog post after it was indexed. There will be a lag where the index is different from the content but google can re-crawl and get the same content. I believe the paywall is turned on and off consistently for all clients, probably not violating terms.