Google, experts-exchange

[Almo]

So when I type "objective c delegate" into google, the front page has a link to experts-exchange where you have to pay to see the answer. How could a page like this get high google rank of EC didn't pay for it? I doubt many people are going to link to this kind of page...

It annoys the hell out of me because almost every sql, objective C or database design question I ask into google comes up with one of EC's pages. I guess it's time to wire up a google homepage link with -"experts exchange" in it.

[GreNME]

There's a Firefox extension called Ad-Block plus out there that, when the proper entry is made (I'd post it but wouldn't want to cause a problem here), allows you to view the threaded conversation and find the answer that is accepted on the page. You could also use that entry in a hosts file (127.0.0.1 entry) to have the same effect in all browsers on your computer.

[Ripley Twenty-Nine]

They get away with it, because they DO show the answer... Just at the bottom of the page. Scroll all the way down.

It's the secret THEY don't want you to know about. :)

[Yalius]

You don't have to pay to see the answer, either. Click the "Google cache" underneath the link to experts-exchange and you'll get the full page with the answers.


Edit: Awwww, man, just after posting this, I checked it and it doesn't work that way anymore! Ripley, though, is completely correct.

[Grimoire]

They get away with it, because they DO show the answer... Just at the bottom of the page. Scroll all the way down.

It's the secret THEY don't want you to know about. :)

Only if you were referred their from google, otherwise they hide it.

[GreNME]

Only if you were referred their from google, otherwise they hide it.

See what I stated about the way around that...

[logical muse]

Only if you were referred their from google, otherwise they hide it.
Well, if that's the case, they are breaching google's "cloaking" guideline, and risk having their site removed from google's index.

Cloaking refers to the practice of presenting different content or URLs to users and search engines. Serving up different results based on user agent may cause your site to be perceived as deceptive and removed from the Google index.

http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=66355

[jadebox]

Well, if that's the case, they are breaching google's "cloaking" guideline, and risk having their site removed from google's index.

I've reported them to Google a number of times. And, I'm sure I'm not the only one to do so. I don't understand why that site seems to get special treatment from Google.

-- Roger

[wafonso]

Well, if that's the case, they are breaching google's "cloaking" guideline, and risk having their site removed from google's index.

But that's not quite what they're doing; they're not presenting a different content to Google than they present to users, they are presenting a different content to users who come from Google than to users who come from somewhere else.

Still despicable, though.

[logical muse]

But that's not quite what they're doing; they're not presenting a different content to Google than they present to users, they are presenting a different content to users who come from Google than to users who come from somewhere else.

Still despicable, though.

Ahh, could be. Could be that's how they get around the cloaking issue.

[Almo]

Thanks for all the input. They're really pushing it.

[Crundy]

I'm fed up with expert sex change, in fact for the same reason the OP mentioned I now always search for technical questions with -site:experts-exchange.com appended to the end of the query.

I also hate Code Project, because whenever I search for a solution to quite a complex problem I always see a result on there that looks like it might be relevant, only to find it's from some remtard in Russia or India who only seems to have started programming but thinks writing an article about something bleeding obvious will make them uber-1337, like:

"Assigning a value to a variable

This is a really easy way of getting information into your program, all you have to do is something like:

Dim test As String = "Hello World"

And that's it! Have fun coming up with your own examples."

Actually, that code declaration is far too advanced for some of the idiots who post articles on there.