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I was under the impression they would (hidden content/different content for Googlebot).

• ocdtrekkie 10y ago
  Most paywalls which offer the Googlebot the full site also offer the full site if you follow a Google search result to the article. So while you're correct that providing the Googlebot and people coming from Google Search different results is prohibited, most paywall sites just don't show the paywall for either.
  • funnyfacts365 10y ago
    Why does it matter where you come from? Content cloaking is content cloaking, referrers shouldn't matter.
    • pyrophane 10y ago
      Google cares that if you click a link in a Google search result that the content you see is the same as what they crawl, so paywalled sites give Google search traffic a pass because they don't want to be penalized by Google. Of course, I agree with you in principle.
  • tyingq 10y ago
    Some only give you 2 or 3 article views then cut you off. But, of course, they still appear in search results.