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They used to wait until you had read at least a single word of the article. Now, they don't. These sites should be punished in search rankings, as it is a form
by titzer 5y ago
They used to wait until you had read at least a single word of the article. Now, they don't. These sites should be punished in search rankings, as it is a form of cloaking (https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/guidelines/cloaking https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/guideline...).
- emodendroket 5y agoI clicked that link and was immediately greeted with a popover asking me to sign up for some Google developer program.
- titzer 5y agoYeah, annoying as heck.
- hodgesrm 5y agoWhy should they be punished? All you do is press X and it goes away. This is hardly onerous, especially given that they are providing interesting content for free. It's far more trouble to get a book from the public library.