Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: Google & Co on dynamic content

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3: Re: Google & Co on dynamic content (response to 2)
Posted by Tilmann Singer on 05/15/03 02:10 PM
_As a developer you can detect if the visitor is Google and either block it or server it different content etc._

This is called cloaking and will most likely get you blocked from google indexing totally, because they test from time to time with non-detectable user-agents and ip addresses to see if you are serving the same content to the indexer and to the users, and if not then they assume that you are trying to cheat them.

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38: Re: Google & Co on dynamic content (response to 3)
Posted by Klyde Beattie on 12/19/06 06:59 AM
_and if not then they assume that you are trying to cheat them._

They have actual people do this and if they see that you are only trying to serve the page in a way that is more google friendly they will most likely not blacklist you.