Comments on: Experts Exchange - a workaround

By: rowena

rowena — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:25:30 +0000

right all the sites are no follow links..Well, aside from that the post is simply put and i just have to copy and paste all the URLs so that I can see the helpful tips. Thanks a lot!

By: Busby SEO tester

Busby SEO tester — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:42:41 +0000

nice post..but i think those website is no follow

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By: admin

admin — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:45:01 +0000

Thanks for the greasemonkey script and the link, sam - I’m going to try it out. You are a scholar and a gentleman…

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:27:48 +0000

Nice post - dang - both my comments someone already said!

The useragent switcher is good for getting into all sorts of stuff

Also, here is a greasemonkey script: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/1898

And, your views are shared: http://www.rustyrazorblade.com/index.php/2007/07/30/experts-exchange-should-be-removed-from-google-search-results/

I hate experts exchange - but now that I know this I might actually stick around their site for a second next time I have a question.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:44:19 +0000

OK, I swear that I wasn’t when I orginally wrote this post but I do now. Maybe I just saw the roadblocks and stopped reading. In that case, yes, scrolling would be the easiest way to get the content for free…

By: Zach

Zach — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:13:33 +0000

It seems like every time I get to one of those EE pages, if I keep scrolling down (past the blurred out stuff), it has the real content below.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:36:13 +0000

Good point, Dan - I don’t usually browse around sites like that looking for information, but I’m sure some people do. I generally just get roadblocked when I’m finding a solution so viewing the cache is simple. I do have a useragent switcher installed in firefox - just not worth it to fire it up to look at one page. It is helpful for investigating whether your competitors are cloaking, though.

Jordy - good call. A greasemonkey script would be simple and keep me from having to go to the cache or switch my useragent each time.

By: Jordy

Jordy — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:33:11 +0000

That’s a really helpful tip; I can’t believe it’s never occurred to me before.

It would also be a nice feature to add to a Firefox plugin like CustomizeGoogle. It could maintain a list of said subscription sites and simply replace the target of the main link to a cached page so that you get the actual content the first time you click.