Timeline for Is it safe to redirect to ajax enabled content if its not google bot visiting?
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| Dec 20, 2010 at 23:28 | comment | added | danlefree | @Kristoffer S Hansen but programmers tasked with comparing, say, the rendered content/redirect behavior of a URI when a user with their toolbar installed visits the URI versus the behavior when their bot visits the URI will still algorithmically flag that URI as "cloaked" - unless you know a human will be the judge, it's safer to avoid this behavior. | |
| Dec 20, 2010 at 8:03 | comment | added | Kristoffer Sall-Storgaard | I'm not the only programmer, and though I'd like to follow best practices its not always possible since work has been started by others before being handed over to me. The redirect simply sends the user back to a page with design and calls the javascript function to call up the popup. The users are still provided the same content as googlebot sees, they're just awarded a little design for not being a bot. | |
| Dec 16, 2010 at 10:03 | history | answered | danlefree | CC BY-SA 2.5 |