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Is Macworld cloaking content with Google's OK?
I found this page via a Google search:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20050222062346277
The content that appeared in Google's search results is cloaked, and there's a message that says I need to answer a survey question, or share the page on a social site, to view the content.
The "Answer a Question to continue reading this page" widget has a "Powered by Google" stamp on it.
Is Google allowing sites to have cloaked content if they use its widget?
- jevinskie 13y agoThat seems to be the case to me. Quoting Google: "Users complete survey questions in order to access high quality content around the web, and publishers get paid as their users answer." I never noticed that they were "powered by google". That is very disappointing and somewhat evil-like. A nice double standard at the very least. https://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/home https://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/home
- mcintyre1994 13y agoWow, disappointing. I'd love to hear how this helps searchers.
- lauradhamilton 13y agoThat is obnoxious.