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Google adds guidance On JavaScript paywalls
- benoau 1y ago> Some JavaScript paywall solutions include the full content in the server response, then use JavaScript to hide it until subscription status is confirmed. This isn’t a reliable way to limit access to the content. Make sure your paywall only provides the full content once the subscription status is confirmed.” > Why: To help sites understand challenges with the JavaScript-based paywall design pattern, as it makes it difficult for Google to automatically determine which content is paywalled and which isn’t.” Something smells about this...
- MilnerRoute 1y agoMy first thought was that Google wants to stop crawling paywalled content (and then later displaying it in their "AI Overviews".) But I wonder if this penalizes paywalled content. (If it's not crawled, then isn't it also no longer indexed in search results?)