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I believe the HTTP spec defines a GET as a representation of a resource and a POST as modifying or updating a resource, so google bot doing POSTS is not very ne
by troyk 15y ago
I believe the HTTP spec defines a GET as a representation of a resource and a POST as modifying or updating a resource, so google bot doing POSTS is not very neighborly.
- dpark 15y agoBy that definition, unsolicited POSTs are not very neighborly.
- chc 15y agoI don't see how. Updating a view count or putting a pin on a "countries that have visited this page" map is fairly benign. Trying to randomly scribble on somebody else's data is not.
- regularfry 15y agoIf all the Googlebot is doing is executing the JS as an arbitrary user's browser would, and part of that page load JS involves doing a POST, I can see the argument for doing it.
- 16bytes 15y agoAgree. Otherwise a page could dynamically load html via AJAX and give a totally different view to a user than what google-bot sees.