Google most definitely re-indexes from various different data-centres (read: class B addresses) and I'm sure also occasionally using random real user-agents, and will punish sites which consistently return "A" to googlebot and "B" to browsers. They'd be fools not to, and they hire a *lot* of very smart people.
-Josh On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had a meeting with ( forgot his name ) from Adobe and he gave me the > scoop. > You will not be able to determine ( legally ) if and when your .swf is > being indexed. You can't even get a report on how successful / > unsuccessful the spider was in crawling your .swf > > There are no 'best practices' just don't try to 'cheat'. Apparently, Adobe > and the other search providers have developed methods ( both separately and > together ) to 'punish' those who spam their content. > > My opinion of the whole thing.... > > It's a Joke, don't waste your time. Remember that community effort to get > ( i think it was ) "Flexalicious" to pop up in google. Well it failed > nicely. > > > Alan > > On Sep 8, 2008, at 8:54 PM, arieljake wrote: > > I was wondering what it takes for the server to realize that a request > is coming from Google's indexing machines so that text can be output > instead of a Flex app. > > Also, do we need to be careful doing this to not get in trouble with > Google? Are their best practices to follow when we output the text? > > > > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/ :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
