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Re:Well-intentioned websites get caught in Google’s algorith... by kyle6884 on Friday March 06, 2015 @03:47PM (#9159476)
Excellent point Greg, the article does address this though: check the "U/X vs. Googlebot/X" section
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Re:Well-intentioned websites get caught in Google’s algorith... by greglindahl on Friday March 06, 2015 @03:51PM (#9159501)
Right, I've added in the right word (cloaking) and a much better fix. Adjusting cookie policy for crawlers is a bad idea.
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