Quote:
Originally Posted by spiderbait
In my opinion, it raises the legitimate question of whether all cloaking is evil (in the arbitrary eyes of Google), or whether there are certain circumstances where cloaking can be justified.
|
Sure, even Google accept 'legitimate' cloaking(s). E.g. geo-cloaking is acceptable under condition that the page shows the same content to the bot coming from the targeted area.
Quote:
|
So, what is the purpose for wanting to hide these accessibility links from the search engines? Does it benefit the users in some way?
|
The thread was triggered with the problem Webnauts experienced when the links became visible to SE.
It presumably caused ranking drop for some keywords. See #13 of this thread.
So, it's not only academic, but rather practical issue.