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Question re hiding links from guests

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    Question re hiding links from guests

    Hi,

    If I used a mod that made guests have to register to see links on the forum, would this have any affect on SEO or does Google frown upon this?

    Cheers,

    Ross

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    As long as guest humans see the same thing as bots, there will be no penalty.

    However, they also won't be able to follow those links.
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