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a free user sign up is not going to prevent scraping...

• cortesoft 6y ago
  I think the idea is that if you can't view issues without logging in, then google won't index your issues (because it can't view them), so you won't get people spamming in order to get into google
  • wolco2 6y ago
    It also means 95% of people will stop casually viewing issues.
  • noizejoy 6y ago
    Over the years I've frequently seen Google search results showing things that require login to the indexed site. Has that changed?
    • marcinzm 6y ago
      I believe that requires the site giving google’s bot a logged in view rather than something google does themselves.
• wyldfire 6y ago
  The problem isn't scraping, it's spam.