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Many news websites won't paywall the first article from a Google Search (WSJ is one though). I'd be willing to bet in these instances you're using a traffic bl
by bduerst 5y ago
Many news websites won't paywall the first article from a Google Search (WSJ is one though).
I'd be willing to bet in these instances you're using a traffic blocker or privacy extension that's clearing HTTP referer or some other means by which the website detects you're from Google instead of being direct (paywall) traffic.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoGoogle has an official policy against this sort of behavior.
- bduerst 5y agoWhich behavior? First Click Free was ditched years ago, but websites will still allow x number of free articles. Some don't, and still get indexed.