[rockshassa]

http://pastebin.com/hUc6uNgb

article text ^

paywalls are offensive

[moksha256 → rockshassa]

Intrusive ads & indiscriminate tracking are more offensive.

[Brakenshire]

There's a version of the story on Time (linking back to the FT):

http://time.com/3007430/carlos-slim-three-day-work-week/

[knocte]

how can a paywall URL get to front page?

[Pxtl]

Login wall stopped me on my phone.

[dm2 → Pxtl]

Copy the linked to URL, paste it into Google search, click the top result.

Shortcut: https://www.google.com/search?q=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s...

[nwalfield → dm2]

I tried that trick and it didn't work for me (I still get the paywall). Too bad.

[dm2 → nwalfield]

It's based off of the referrer, you might have an extension or something preventing your browser from sending that. Try it in incognito mode.

[staunch → dm2]

FT is cloaking: http://i.imgur.com/j8dRamZ.png

Reported to Google.

[rgbrenner → staunch]

That's google consumer surveys, and they're using it exactly how Google designed it to be used.. http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/home

EDIT: article is dead.. so can't reply to your question.. but go to: http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/how

and scroll down to "Watch the web answer it":

"On the web, people answer questions in exchange for access to that content, an alternative to subscribing or upgrading."

Also, if you go to: http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/static/consum...

and go to page 4.. you'll see exactly the same screen as your FT image.

[staunch → rgbrenner]

I realize they are also using Google's survey product. I don't see anything on that site that indicates cloaking like this is acceptable. What makes you think that?

Edit: Thanks for the reply. I agree they're saying that the survey product can be used in place of a paywall. But popping up a paywall is still cloaking. There's no indication that this grants you an exception.

[dm2 → staunch]

I always thought that was against their policy but so many major sites do it.

@rgbrenner: I think that only shows up when you come from the Google search page, a normal link will just show the paywall with no option to bypass it.

Are sites allowed to show Googlebot the full article but show a paywall to everyone else? I think that's what was meant by cloaking.