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Re:WSJ Ends Google Users' Free Ride, Then Fades in Search Re... by Jimmie_Rustle on Monday June 05, 2017 @08:01PM (#14493512)
No. You're wrong, as it states in the article:

"The reason: Google search results are based on an algorithm that scans the internet for free content. After the Journal’s free articles went behind a paywall, Google’s bot only saw the first few paragraphs and started ranking them lower, limiting the Journal’s viewership."

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Re:WSJ Ends Google Users' Free Ride, Then Fades in Search Re... by mirimir on Monday June 05, 2017 @09:31PM (#14494024)
Yes, you're right. I got confused by all the discussion about Google checking for cloaking by comparing results using different user agents.

So maybe this is why there's no Google cache.

Also, if Google can only index the first few paragraphs, the results are much less comprehensive.

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