How to Switch Your User-Agent to Googlebot
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Tutorial Information
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| Name: |
How to Switch Your User-Agent to Googlebot |
| Submitter: |
NickTheGreek |
| Category: |
YourForum Tutorials |
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| Submitted: |
24 Mar 2009 |
| Updated: |
24 Mar 2009 |
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397 |
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Description:
Sometimes the issue with your site is right there but you can¢t find it. You check code, backlinks and website architecture but can¢t find the answer. What most webmasters fail to do is to try visiting the page with the user-agent being Googlebot. |
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Tutorial Instructions
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By switching your user-agent to Googlebot, you will essentially see your site in the same eyes as Google, so if there is a Google specific flaw, some cloaking going on, or possibly even a Googlebot targeted hack, switching to user-agent Googlebot will help identify these issues.
1. User-agent switcher - a FireFox extension also available for Flock and Seamonkey that sends the server different information about which user-agent is requesting a file. It should be enhanced with the list of user-agent list.
2. Header detector that both allows you to change the user-agent and shows you the header response for the set user-agent:
Use the above tools to:
* find issues with your own site;
* catch other people¢s black-hat tactics, i.e. cloaking.
[source]http://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-switch-your-user-agent-to-googlebot/7249/[/source] |
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