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Re:How I recorded user behaviour on my competitor’s websites by dorgo on Thursday August 23, 2018 @05:49AM (#17825911)
? Sure, you can just call the URL directly in browser. Which other way do you mean?

The problem is not to end up at "noindex site" (btw: noindex is not a neccessary part of this scheme). The problem is to end up at "noindex site" thinking that the "noindex site" is a competitor site. And I don't see how such deception is possible without the backbutton-bug.

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Re:How I recorded user behaviour on my competitor’s websites by snaky on Thursday August 23, 2018 @06:02AM (#17825959)
> The problem is to end up at "noindex site" thinking that the "noindex site" is a competitor site

And there is no solution for that, it seems. The solution for the problem <red in address line>'hey, that's noindex site!'</red> is obvious and simple.

> And I don't see how such deception is possible without the backbutton-bug

You told it yourself - 'you can just call the URL directly in browser'. And there are many ways and scenarios how that clicking on a link could happen.

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