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I was prompted to login at NYT, but not if I went there from Google search results: http://www.google.com/search?q=Computer+Program+to+Take+On+%E2%80%98Jeopard
by ryanwaggoner 18y ago
I was prompted to login at NYT, but not if I went there from Google search results:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Computer+Program+to+Take+On+%E2%80%98Jeopardy!%E2%80%99& http://www.google.com/search?q=Computer+Program+to+Take+On+%...;
- nostrademons 18y agoThat's because of Google's anti-cloaking policy. Webmasters are not allowed to show a different screen to visitors than they show to the GoogleBot; they get banned from Google's index if they do. So several sites will waive registration requirements for visitors coming from Google, because otherwise they'd never show up in search results. There's always BugMeNot, which is probably an easier and more long-term solution.
- ars 18y agoBugMeNot is closed. Edit: OK, so it's not. I doesn't work for me, but I guess it works for other people. I didn't know it was just me till just now.
- snprbob86 18y agoNo, it isn't: http://www.bugmenot.com/ http://www.bugmenot.com/
- ars 18y agoWhen I go there it's a completely blank page (0 byte document). And then I found: http://email.bugmenot.com/ http://email.bugmenot.com/ So, it seems closed to me. Although, now that I think about it email.bugmenot.com might be something else. But then why is the site blank when I go to it? Edit: Odd, wget also returns a 0 byte document, but elinks works. I just assumed it was closed, and never checked up on it before.
- RK 18y agoThat's because of Google's anti-cloaking policy. Webmasters are not allowed to show a different screen to visitors than they show to the GoogleBot; they get banned from Google's index if they do. Unless of course the site is a scholarly journal. Google lets them go wild with cloaking.
- nostrademons 18y agoScholarly journal with a useful abstract. There are rules even for them.
- ryanwaggoner 18y agoDidn't know that...thanks!