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Experts Exchange should be removed from Google search results

mukthar [PersonRank 7]

Wednesday, August 1, 2007
16 years ago4,203 views

Hi,
After webmasterworld, it is now time for expertsexchange.com
See
http://www.rustyrazorblade.com/index.php/2007/07/30/experts-exchange-should-be-removed-from-google-search-results/

Via reddit

Zim [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

No, if you follow these simple explanation, you can read the answer :)

http://www.hackerdaily.com/videos/software-hacks/hacking-experts-exchange-to-show-answers/

Enjoy it (the best: it's legal!)

Rohit Srivastwa [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

403 ZIM

mukthar [PersonRank 7]

16 years ago #


   Zim,
   I think there are may ways to by pass expertsexchange, I have been using google cache technique for long. But the point is google webmaster guidelines and how easily expert exchange breaks it.
Many here might remeber heated dsuccsions about the same in case of webmasterworld few months back.

thanks

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

I'm sorry, but except for some links/images that suggest to sign in to see the solution, I don't see the problem. The answers are still there if you scroll down to the bottom of the page and the difference between the page served to Google and the page served to the user is minimal.

Webmaster World used to only display a log-in page, disabled the cache and was still included in Google's search results.
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2006-11-28-n23.html

mukthar [PersonRank 7]

16 years ago #

yes, I think Ionut Alex is right, you can see the answers in the bottom of the page now, but I feel it was not earlier there, I usually used to get scrammbled text only. You can find many references online about this, even a userscript, http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/1898 :-)

Martin Porcheron [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

> I think Ionut Alex is right, you can see the
> answers in the bottom of the page now
> but I feel it was not earlier ther

I only got this when I blocked the experts-exchange cookies.

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

Here's what I see (http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/C_Sharp/Q_22722154.html).

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8426/expertsoy0.jpg

mukthar [PersonRank 7]

16 years ago #

that was a looong screeen shot :-)
may be this is one of the reasons users are angry with EE.
hey,how did you take that ?
from firefox extension?
I thought you are an opera fan like me.

James Xuan [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

Mabey just pasted together? Or Jing?

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

I used this extension: http://pearlcrescent.com/products/pagesaver/

mukthar [PersonRank 7]

16 years ago #

Thanks Ionut Alex. Chitu,
   have seomthing else to add now, I earlier checked in opera, which displayed me the results in thebottom as you explained. good, I guess the same works with Firefox also.
  
But when I test with IE 6.0, the following happens
   1. I try to access http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Q_21660493.html
   Since I have not visited the site in this session (I am accessing the site for the first time today) , no problem I can see the results.
   2. Now when I refresh, or check another link, http://www.experts-exchange.com/Miscellaneous/Games/Q_21687745.html , I am seeing the scrabmled text only, no answers are displayed, even after the advertisements as in the above screenshot.
   Clearly a case of cloaking!!
   Any comments?
  

Rohit Srivastwa [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

Thats clearly cloaking using cookies

remove all cookies from EE & refresh the page to see whatever you want

Crap

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