Hello all I'm the author of this post. There are some suggestions for Javascript-based alternatives. A well-implemented Javascript overlay for the blackout mes

Hello all I'm the author of this post. There are some suggestions for Javascript-based alternatives. A well-implemented Javascript overlay for the blackout message is a valid option, but keep in mind the following when thinking about it: 1. Googlebot does run some types of Javascript. We blogged about this recently: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/11/get-post-and-safely-surfacing-more-of.html http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/11/get-post-... This means that the content included via Javascript may be indexed until the next time we crawl and process the page and find it's gone. 2. Consider how the JS will affect your pages' instant previews. Overlays are likely to show up in the previews, and these will take some time to update as we re-generate the previews. 3. Consider your users. Some webmasters are suggesting keeping the blackout overlay visible without any means of hiding it. That may not be the best user experience, and may be annoying to your non-US based users. I'm happy to answer any other questions. Thanks, Pierre