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To me the critical distinction hinges on required logins/APIs vs. open sites. (Redefining 'open' just be a bit provocative.) In any case, you could argue that l
by ez77 16y ago
To me the critical distinction hinges on required logins/APIs vs. open sites. (Redefining 'open' just be a bit provocative.) In any case, you could argue that loads of unsilo'd sites have been unfairly open to Google through their robots.txt.
- davewiner 16y agoWhat does "unfairly open to google" mean?
- ez77 16y agoSomething like User-agent: * Disallow: / User-agent: Googlebot Allow: / This can be found on many /robots.txt files. I imagine that some of them will try to enforce this access policy. My point is that equal access for all has never existed. (Not that it would be realistic to expect it.)
- davewiner 16y agoSo to be more precise you mean open to Google and closed to everyone else. I agree that sucks.