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Re: Cloaking From Jeff on 26 June '00 replying to Re: Cloaking posted by Inachu >Cloaking means simply this........ > >You have a program that can detect which spider visits you and you can have that "bot" serve the spider what you want them to see. > >Which could be gibberish filled with keywords just made for the spiders. > >But when a real visitor visits your site they will see what you intended them to see and not the pages of keywords built for the spiders. > > >Inachu > > >-------- > > >>Could someone please explain the term "cloaking" to me - as in hiding something from search engines on submission. >>Many thanks in advance. Cloaking can also mean software that masks the code of a page so it can't be copied. By the way I understand there's also uncloaking software available now. So the war goes on.

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>>Cloaking means simply this........ >> >>You have a program that can detect which spider visits you and you can have that "bot" serve the spider what you want them to see. >> >>Which could be gibberish filled with keywords just made for the spiders. >> >>But when a real visitor visits your site they will see what you intended them to see and not the pages of keywords built for the spiders. >> >> >>Inachu >> >> >>-------- >> >> >>>Could someone please explain the term "cloaking" to me - as in hiding something from search engines on submission. >>>Many thanks in advance. > >Cloaking can also mean software that masks the code of a page so it can't be copied. By the >way I understand there's also uncloaking software available now. So the >war goes on.