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People will correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the practice of showing an image in search results and then hiding that image behind a login wall when users
by chongli 5y ago
People will correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the practice of showing an image in search results and then hiding that image behind a login wall when users click the link would qualify as cloaking [1], a practice Google specifically prohibits [2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaking
[2] https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/guidelines/cloaking https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/guideline...
- dspillett 5y agoUnfortunately this and similar rules are not well enforced. The only high-profile case I can remember was when they delisted BMW for a short while for blatant keyword stuffing.