While I respect your opinion that my theory is factually wrong, I respectfully disagree. The cloaking theory I suggested is possible, and does not require a Google Appliance. If cloaking is a violation of Google's Terms, that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
[1] http://www.petitiononline.com/stopee/petition.html [2] http://blog.tylerholmes.com/2008/10/experts-exchangeno-longer-cloaking-just.html [3] http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=66355 On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Duane Nickull <du...@uberity.com> wrote: > On 12-02-27 5:18 PM, "David Francis Buhler" <davidbuh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >My hunch is that their authentication mechanism does not require bots to > >be > >authenticated. That might be why you can view the entire page without > >being > >authenticated if you request the cached version. > > > >[1] > > > http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/Fl > >ex/Q_27377143.html > > > >[2] > > > http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:h2aRJSoLe1sJ:www.expe > > > rts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/Flex/Q_27377143.h > >tml+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us > > > No. This is wrong. If you want Google to index authenticated pages, you > must configure the Google Search Appliance or Google mini. Also - what > you suggest below is not allowed. You would be showing googlebot something > different from what others can see, this is against the guidelines. > > Google published full instructions here. Again, there is nothing in the > Flex SDK or from a Flex developers perspective I can think of that would > have to be done. > > Duane > > ________________________________________ > > Überity.com > President & COO > Adobe LiveCycle ES Consultant Services > http://www.uberity.com > Blog | http://technoracle.blogspot.com > Twitter | @Uberity @duanechaos > > > > > > > > > > > >On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> > >> On 2/27/12 3:22 PM, "Duane Nickull" <du...@uberity.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > DN: I have never seen any evidence of google using content it can > >>access. > >> > Same for Bing and Yahoo. Flex can basically give it 500 words but for > >> > starters Google only takes 200 per site in most cases. They can all > >>get > >> > text today, but the reality is they don't appear to use it. I am not > >> sure > >> > how you think an SDK will force them to use it. > >> I'm not saying the SDK will try to force anybody to use anything. I > >>just > >> thought there were issues where folks want to have more control over > >>what > >> text is found in a SWF, what links are found in the SWF and what buttons > >> get > >> pushed. I don't remember how Ichabod knew to push the buttons in > >> FlexStore. > >> > > >> > As for Authentication, most pages that require authentication are > >> probably > >> > not mean to be indexed as the human finding the link to it would face > >>the > >> > same challenge. What would be the point? > >> I think it is expertsexchange.com that seems to be well indexed but you > >> have > >> to authenticate first. I don't know how they do that. > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> Alex Harui > >> Flex SDK Team > >> Adobe Systems, Inc. > >> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > >> > >> > > >
