Will a content gateway hurt your SEO?

jasonsluck · 04-08-2011, 11:03 PM

Will a content gateway hurt your seo rankings?

If you need specifics lets take the following scenario.

Do a google search for "online dating review"

Online Dating Review 2011 - TopTenREVIEWS should be the site listed in the results.

Let's pretend you owned Online Dating Review 2011 - TopTenREVIEWS and put a content gateway like this (http://www.themoviereleaser.com/wp-c...ay-example.jpg) on your home page.

Would your rankings fall because of the content gateway?

I would like to know if anyone has experience with this scenario.

Tashi Mortier · 04-09-2011, 05:45 PM

Well, I can tell you what would happen:

I'd copy the link and put it over to Firefox where I have NoScript enabled and just read the content. Because I'm feeling very outsmarted, if you let a machine (the search engine) read it, but not me. Additionally, most of the times, I can't even take part in any of the offers and everything seems to be a bit broken.

Personally, I hope that those sites get penalized. But I'm looking forward to reading whether anyone has made practical experiences with that or not.

04-08-2011, 11:03 PM	#1
jasonsluck HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 217 Thanks: 144 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	Will a content gateway hurt your SEO? Will a content gateway hurt your seo rankings? If you need specifics lets take the following scenario. Do a google search for "online dating review" Online Dating Review 2011 - TopTenREVIEWS should be the site listed in the results. Let's pretend you owned Online Dating Review 2011 - TopTenREVIEWS and put a content gateway like this (http://www.themoviereleaser.com/wp-c...ay-example.jpg) on your home page. Would your rankings fall because of the content gateway? I would like to know if anyone has experience with this scenario.

04-09-2011, 05:45 PM	#2
Tashi Mortier HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hesse, Germany Posts: 356 Thanks: 37 Thanked 76 Times in 66 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Will a content gateway hurt your SEO? Well, I can tell you what would happen: I'd copy the link and put it over to Firefox where I have NoScript enabled and just read the content. Because I'm feeling very outsmarted, if you let a machine (the search engine) read it, but not me. Additionally, most of the times, I can't even take part in any of the offers and everything seems to be a bit broken. Personally, I hope that those sites get penalized. But I'm looking forward to reading whether anyone has made practical experiences with that or not.
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