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Search Engine Optimization => SEO Basics => Topic started by: seoinheritx on 11-15-2012, 00:19:43

Title: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: seoinheritx on 11-15-2012, 00:19:43
Clocking is a black seo technique, in which black hater uses two url one is for search engine and other is for users. With this technique search engine get diverted.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: Smith Jones on 11-16-2012, 06:29:23
Hello everybody,

Cloaking is a black hat Seo technique which present different content to both the google crawlers and for users.

Thanks a lot
Smith Jones
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: siyajoshi on 11-17-2012, 02:05:32
Cloaking is an unethical way of doing seo.Cloaking is a search engine optimization (SEO) technique in which the content presented to the search engine spider is different from that presented to the user's browser.Search engine do not like this,we should avoid it....:)
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: abhirampathak3 on 11-18-2012, 22:35:14
According to Google cloaking is "a website that returns altered webpages to search engines crawling the site." In other words, a human reading the site would see different content or information than the Googlebot or other search engine robot reading the site. For more information you can consult Google's own link by following http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=66355.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: photoclubs on 11-18-2012, 22:51:36
I think cloaking is a black hat SEO. There are number of different cloaking methods like IP address Cloaking, User-Agent Cloaking, HTTP_REFERER Header Cloaking, HTTP Accept-Language Header Cloaking, JavaScript Cloaking etc.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: edword84 on 11-19-2012, 00:20:45
As per my knowledge Cloaking is a technique in which the content presented to the search engine spider is different from that presented to the user's browser. This techniques is used for getting high rank. Main reason of cloaking is to obtain good rankings by the content of the cloaked page, not the true content of the website. Your site may be penalized or banned because of using this technique.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: friv10games on 11-19-2012, 00:52:59
You shouldn't use Cloaking
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: merlinraj on 11-20-2012, 23:12:59
Cloaking is a black hat SEO technique in which the content presented to the search engine spider is different and for the user's browser it is different. :(
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: 50stateautoloan on 11-20-2012, 23:36:11
Clocking generally means to present different version of web page contents from of search engines to search engines to search robots and human visitors based on their browser's user agent or IP address. It's a deceptive method used to cheat search engines in order to rank well for desired keywords.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: titly555 on 11-29-2012, 22:28:43
Hi
cloaking is usually intended to completely fool the search engine's algorithms and programming that determine what makes a site rank high or low in that engine. If the page that the peoples see is different from the page that the search engine boot sees, then the search engine cannot do its job. So that sites use cloaking. :)
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: DavisJoseph on 11-29-2012, 23:46:39
Cloaking is a search engine optimization Black hat method that some webmasters use to show the content of their sites to the search engine spider so they could rank higher for their keywords, and they show something else to the visitors.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: jaysh4922 on 05-09-2016, 01:12:39
Cloaking is a search engine optimization (SEO) technique in which the content presented to the search engine spider is different from that presented to the user's browser
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: macpual on 05-09-2016, 06:13:01
Cloaking is a search engine optimization (SEO) technique in which the content presented to the search engine spider is different from that presented to the user's browser. This is done by delivering content based on the IP addresses or the User-Agent HTTP header of the user requesting the page.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: Kate Evans on 05-10-2016, 05:03:14
Cloaking is a black hat SEI technique in which the content presented to the search engine spider is different from that presented to the users' browser!
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: Jennyholms on 05-10-2016, 05:17:16
As name shows it's "Cloaking" not 'Clocking'.
Cloaking is basically a Black hat SEO technique use for ranking improvement. In this the content visible to Google spider is different from the user's browser.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: macpual on 05-12-2016, 06:46:55
Cloaking is a search engine optimization (SEO) technique in which the content presented to the search engine spider is different from that presented to the user's browser. This is done by delivering content based on the IP addresses or the User-Agent HTTP header of the user requesting the page.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: MaryGreen on 05-18-2016, 01:17:40
Hello, I want to use Wikipedia explenation! So, Cloaking is a search engine optimization (SEO) technique in which the content presented to the search engine spider is different from that presented to the user's browser. This is done by delivering content based on the IP addresses or the User-Agent HTTP header of the user requesting the page. When a user is identified as a search engine spider, a server-side script delivers a different version of the web page, one that contains content not present on the visible page, or that is present but not searchable. The purpose of cloaking is sometimes to deceive search engines so they display the page when it would not otherwise be displayed (black hat SEO). However, it can also be a functional (though antiquated) technique for informing search engines of content they would not otherwise be able to locate because it is embedded in non-textual containers such as video or certain Adobe Flash components. As of 2006, better methods of accessibility, including progressive enhancement, are available, so cloaking is no longer necessary for regular SEO.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: SEO.Ninja on 05-18-2016, 06:29:59
It is Un-Ethical Black Hat SEO technique.
The programmer write a content for search engine purpose but not for the people.
Consequently the search engine see one content but visitor see other content.
It violation of Google Webmaster guidelines.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: spinneren on 05-18-2016, 21:42:13
Is giving different content on meta description of a blog post with real content of blog post where meta description only shown to search engine spider and real content shown to the visitor is consider as a cloaking?
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: 96Livepro on 05-30-2016, 23:44:56
Cloaking is a Black Hat SEO in which content presented in the search engine spider is different from that presented to the user's web browser. 
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: vishistsingh on 05-31-2016, 04:31:11

Cloaking is a black hat SEO technique to increase the visibility of the website. It is based on redirects or hidden content means different URL shows the same content. It is showing more content the crawlers than actual visitors. It is spamming technique to get high ranking but the website gets penalize when busted by search engine.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: linda1909 on 06-01-2016, 19:58:43
Cloaking is a search engine optimization (SEO) technique in which the content presented to the search engine spider is different from that presented to the user's browser. This is done by delivering content based on the IP addresses or the User-Agent HTTP header of the user requesting the page.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: Baby bear on 06-02-2016, 03:26:17
Cloaking is a technique used to deliver the content on a Web page to a search engine in such a way that different content than what is delivered to a regular human user appears on the search engine. The goal of cloaking is to boost a website's search engine rank on certain keywords.

In cloaking, the search engine and the user are literally not on the same page. Therefore, both the user and the search engine are being deceived.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: macpual on 06-02-2016, 04:45:20
Cloaking is a search engine optimization (SEO) technique in which the content presented to the search engine spider is different from that presented to the user's browser. This is done by delivering content based on the IP addresses or the User-Agent HTTP header of the user requesting the page.
Title: Re: What is Cloaking ?
Post by: shahdeepak on 03-05-2025, 04:36:45
Cloaking is a necessary evil in the cutthroat world of SEO. In a game where the stakes are high and the competition is fierce, websites must use every trick in the book to stay ahead of the competition. Cloaking may be considered a violation of search engine guidelines, but it's a common practice that many websites use to improve their rankings.

And let's be real, search engines are not always perfect, and sometimes they make mistakes. By using cloaking, websites can correct these mistakes and ensure that they appear in the search results where they belong.