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This is absolutely perfect. Thank you James.

I think i'll plan out this strategy better before I go ahead. I won't show the sign up after 1min 30secs, but let the user see the full text of a page from serp as the article. I think I will continue to restrict map marker clicks, after 3 clicks the markers will be unclickable and transparent - this is one of the most valuable parts of my website and I'm not sure how important that is for googlebot and search rankings. I'll also only ask for sign up on only certain pages. Perfect.

I really wanted a way to for people to see the content and helpfulness of the website, so this is perfect.

Thanks James. So I guess I just try it and see how it goes.

Hey james, thanks mate. I'm thinking of other ways to let organic traffic flow... Since the website is kind of SaaS, but more like content as a service haha.

The plan is:

1. User is on the website for 1min 30secs or clicks 3 map markers or visits 3+ pages
2. Popup will appear asking for a signup + payment
3. If no signup: Cookie will be set for 6 months, if a users returns and cookie is detected (php) they will be redirected to sign up page
4. Otherwise signup occured

(I know, web developers could inspect element and hide this stuff).

Do you think google bot be presented with this sign up stuff? And does google bot not set cookies? Will google bot be able to continue to index the site...

BTW, I hid content with css, jquery for 1 week, didn't have much of an affect at all, slight decrease in search visibility, but I was scared to leave it for too long, i managed 340 sign ups though.

Hi,

I'm trying to monetise my website via a paid subscription / paid content strategy.

The plan is, after the user is on the website for

1. 1min 30secs or clicks 3 map markers or visits 3+ pages
2. A popup will appear asking for a signup + payment
3. Cookie will be set for 6 months, if a users returns and cookie is detected (php) they will be redirected to sign up page

My site relies heavily on organic SEO, so my question is:

Will google bot be presented with this sign up stuff? Does google bot set cookies? will everything be indexed properly... And what affects on SEO?

Thanks for the reply!

I'm well aware of the ebook tactics... it doesn't really apply here. Not sure if you looked at the site. Yes I am list building.. there is no PDF or ebook i can offer users, this website is the value adder, it is the helpful content. It has traction, 30,000+ visitors monthly and rising.

I give away details for a few fishing spots free, but the rest is sign up required. so far 17.38% conversion rate so far.

Thanks James, I'm testing it for a week to see how it goes. It definitely increases users...

What better ways are there to encourage / enforce user signups?  Perhaps a cookie tracker of some sort? After 1000+ hours of work I consider a signup to access the content a fair trade

Hey SEO masters!

I have a website that is smashing it for SEO in Australia. In an effort to increase a user base I want to make it so only logged in users can see all the content.

So today, I launched a new feature hiding content using CSS 'height:' property. The content is obviously still there and if you were a developer you could easily 'inspect element' and remove that CSS style to see everything... There are a few other tweaks i made for logged out users, but that only affects some json.

Question: will this affect my SEO rankings?

Here is a direct example: https://www.fishingspots.com.au/s/perth if you sign up, there is about 1400words of content.

Will do, thank you Martin.

Hi,

I've just noticed a few back links in Google Search Console, I was excited. But when I saw the backlinks, 2 other websites that had completely copied my content and then gave a backlink to my website.

Is this bad for SEO and would google penalise my website for this?

Are you guys saying no don't do it for the sake of trying to not create a spammy internet?

I know there's better ways to build back links, but i'm curious. Before I learnt more about SEO (only a few months ago) I left a few comments on related articles with a link back and it seemed to have improved the websites SEO. Is this possible or was there something else happening here? Am i tripping!?

Hi,

I've just noticed a few back links in Google Search Console, I was excited. But when I saw the backlinks, 2 other websites that had completely copied my content and then gave a backlink to my website.

Is this bad for SEO and would google penalise my website for this?