Well I haven't seen an increase in new member registrations. So maybe I'll uninstall it as well. Also I'm concerned about the bots not being able to read the content. So while I think the author of this hack meant well, in real life it just doesn't work as expected.

I now have conclusive evidence that this hack stops bots.

Within 4 days of turning it off the number of Google indexed pages has over doubled from 2200 to 4680 after sitting at a stagnated level for months.

In the 12 hour overnight period another 320 pages were added to Google with 5000 in SERP's.

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Public Tree Forum | Free Tree and Green Industry Links
Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping
Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations and Arborist Reports

I tired it ..traffic slowed to hault almost..removed back up to barely traffic..I can only see it hurting your site...

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oh wow!
just as I thought,, thanks for confirming this guys Sorry it my of hurt your sites

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Just checked and it's now 5130 ... rose 130 since last post.

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Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping
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I think it's pretty obvious that this mod would stop spiders. They are after all just guests.

Maybe if you own a big board and you're already heavily indexed and you know you're getting a lot of traffic and you want new members but other than this...I don't see how this mod can help you, search engine wise, in anyway.

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Digital Kaos Satellite Forum
Free Web Directory
SEO Talk

Running tab, just checked, 5480 now so there's your rock solid proof.

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Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping
Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations and Arborist Reports

I installed it and seen a nice increase of new registers. Main gain is the people who lurk have no choice but to login to do what they do best LURK. Now they show up as recent visitors and I can somewhat keep better track of who's using the board.

I like it best when posting "How To's". I will purposely use the "first post hack" as an outline then post the technical parts and photos in the second posts.

You can see how I give the viewer no choice but to register if they really really want to view the rest of the thread. "How To Build A Studio Portrait"


EDIT: I lied,, I have that section totally invisible to visitors... :-0

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San Diego Photos at San Diego Photo Forum and Local Photographers
Talk About music at Rhythm Talk, All Talk about Music.

It pisses me off when I get to a forum that uses that mod. It has never made me want to join

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Trumpet Forum - Indiana Gun Shops - Indiana Gun Owners

7240 now ... so you can see by the post dates how many pages are getting indexed since I switched it off.

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Public Tree Forum | Free Tree and Green Industry Links
Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping
Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations and Arborist Reports