# Let googlebot see content, but make users log in

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**Created:** [Março 14, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-googlebot-see-content-but-make-users-log-in/13724 "2014-03-14T07:42:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [Março 15, 2014, 6:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-googlebot-see-content-but-make-users-log-in/13724/9 "2014-03-15T06:22:12Z")

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No, that is a paywall.

> **[Paywall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paywall)**
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> A paywall is a method of restricting access to content, with a purchase or a paid subscription, especially news. Beginning in the mid-2010s, newspapers started implementing paywalls on their websites as a way to increase revenue after years of decline in paid print readership and advertising revenue, partly due to the use of ad blockers. In academics, research papers are often subject to a paywall and are available via academic libraries that subscribe.
> Paywalls have also been used as a way of...

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