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Ready, set, go! Let's see how many scrapers HN readers will build now to try to copy this "business" model.
by woogiewonka 8y ago
Ready, set, go! Let's see how many scrapers HN readers will build now to try to copy this "business" model.
- mgamache 8y agoThere's more to it then scraping. I would love a deep dive on how he/she was able to get page rank for the sites. Usually these people employ black hat SEO that works for while, but eventually fails when Google updates their ranking algorithm. I always wondered if there are sites that could game the system indefinably. Exactly the kind of info you don't announce on black hat SEO forums.
- jdhawk 8y agoChange your UserAgent to one of Google Bots, and start hitting the pages hosting a PDF. Probably some hints there.