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I know that this used to be common knowledge, but evidence points to "no". Or at least to "either not anymore or not strongly enough". Clear examples of websit

I know that this used to be common knowledge, but evidence points to "no". Or at least to "either not anymore or not strongly enough". Clear examples of websites that block content from me: Pinterest, Facebook, LinkedIn, newspapers.

JimDabell 5y ago
According to Google: > Cloaking refers to the practice of presenting different content or URLs to human users and search engines. Cloaking is considered a violation of Google's Webmaster Guidelines because it provides our users with different results than they expected. — https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/guidelines/cloaking https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/guideline... It’s clear that Google aren’t enforcing this rule thoroughly though. Edit: It’s possible that the allowed sites are using JSON-LD to avoid being classified as cloaking: > This page describes how to use schema.org JSON-LD to indicate paywalled content on your site with CreativeWork properties. This structured data helps Google differentiate paywalled content from the practice of cloaking, which violates our guidelines. — https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/structured-data/paywalled-content https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/structure...