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"FREE VACATIONS! (you have to sit through a timeshare presentation and there are catches" We widely regard the above as unethical. Adding content to a search
by vorpalhex 4y ago
"FREE VACATIONS! (you have to sit through a timeshare presentation and there are catches"
We widely regard the above as unethical.
Adding content to a search engine literally says "you can come read this content!". That is the purpose of search engines. Even Google penalizes paywall behavior and will downrank them - which forces the paywall people to get more clever.
Sorry but don't abuse search engines and users to sell your content. Buy ads like a big boy.
- abbusfoflouotne 4y agoI wouldn't say it is necessarily immature to use a paywall as opposed to ads. I for one sometimes prefer paying for a site just so i dont have to see ads. Though I do agree, the bait and switch aspect of finessing seo and such leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Glad google penalizes such behavior
- geysersam 4y agoThey're doing something bad - so it's okay to steal their stuff. Did I get that right?
- vorpalhex 4y agoThey are being gamed by their own game. Nobody took their content - they submitted it to search engines and are upset the search engine provides a cached copy. If they don't like it they can not submit to search engines.
- geysersam 4y ago> nobody took their content According to the law, someone did. Just because something's available on request from a server does not mean it's up for grabs.
- vorpalhex 4y ago> Just because something's available on request from a server does not mean it's up for grabs. When you give the content out for free to the indexer, you have given a copy to the world. Google search is not your advertising machine - you can pay for that priviledge if you would care for it.