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> Ironically, a good workaround is setting your user agent to the Googlebot and suddenly all those modal/nag screens disappear. Hmmmm. Now that I think of it I
by eitland 5y ago
> Ironically, a good workaround is setting your user agent to the Googlebot and suddenly all those modal/nag screens disappear.
Hmmmm. Now that I think of it I'm fairly sure that serving different content to Googlebot compared to what you served ordinary users used to be a good way to call down the wrath of the SEO master upon your (or your clients) website.
Then again, that was before. Back when Google was a nice company and acted in the best interest of its users.
- js4ever 5y agoIn fact it's still forbidden by Google ... Except if you are very large like Pinterest
- ipaddr 5y agoIt might not be forbidden if it works. Google is famous for undocumented workarounds.
- cjohansson 5y agoOnly the most expensive SEO-experts know the occult methods of success on Google's search results
- tgtweak 5y agoFiled under the "okay for me not for thee" google policy.