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Experts Exchange also used to do that awful thing where they let Google index the solution but would hide it from visitors until they'd signed in. I believe Go
by petepete 6y ago
Experts Exchange also used to do that awful thing where they let Google index the solution but would hide it from visitors until they'd signed in.
I believe Google penalised them for doing it so they used another sneaky trick where they showed a obscured/pixelated answer first and then the actual one further down than most people would scroll.
SO was better in every way.
- skinkestek 6y ago> Experts Exchange also used to do that awful thing where they let Google index the solution but would hide it from visitors until they'd signed in. This might make someone here angry that they weren't aware of it (or make them smile): This is how they did it: The answers were always visible if you just scrolled far enough down the page. At least that is how I experienced it - and I thought every oldtimer knew! :-)
- petepete 6y agoNo, they only started doing that after Google penalised them for underhand tactics. There's a full description of how it worked on their Wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experts_Exchange#Paywall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experts_Exchange#Paywall You should probably check before dishing out patronising and incorrect answers.