trashhalo@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago[VERGE] Twitter has started blocking unregistered userswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-link[VERGE] Twitter has started blocking unregistered userswww.theverge.comtrashhalo@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareQiz@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWill this affect Google search? That’s got to be a good driver for Twitter right? Maybe trying to get people that end up there after a search to sign up would be a better tactic.
minus-squareabhibeckert@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoGoogle is happy to link to news sites with a paywall, I don’t see why they’d have an issue with a free signup.
minus-squareMrMonkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’m sure they give the content to the google bots, just not end users. So you see a teaser, click on it, then have to log in. Screw that, I’m out!
Will this affect Google search? That’s got to be a good driver for Twitter right?
Maybe trying to get people that end up there after a search to sign up would be a better tactic.
Google is happy to link to news sites with a paywall, I don’t see why they’d have an issue with a free signup.
I’m sure they give the content to the google bots, just not end users. So you see a teaser, click on it, then have to log in.
Screw that, I’m out!