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Re:Show HN: Ladder, open source alternative to 12ft.io and 1... by matsemann on Monday November 06, 2023 @09:45AM (#38163291)
It used to be against guidelines to serve different content to google vs what users would see. Not sure if still the case, but I don't think it's in google's interest to give a result that the user actually can't access.
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Re:Show HN: Ladder, open source alternative to 12ft.io and 1... by ComputerGuru on Monday November 06, 2023 @12:47PM (#38165904)
I’m not aware that this policy has changed. What has changed is that Google will rank results it can’t (officially) index without showing their content. I’m guessing they do shadow index them but use the whole “if you outwardly can’t tell they did then it’s as if they didn’t” C++ compilers use to get away with insane optimizations.
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