Content Blur Pro - Boost Registrations and Upgrades [Paid] v2.4.5

[philmckrackon]

I created a new bare test site with only one question forum and one question thread and I have not been able to replicate the issue with the default settings. I am continuing to investigate.

 

[Rangers Fans]

@Wutime Will this blur text beyond a set amount of paragraphs in XF's built in articles? Will it do so in Bob's Article Manger or Showcase?

 

[Wutime]

Will this blur text beyond a set amount of paragraphs in XF's built in articles? Will it do so in Bob's Article Manger or Showcase?

I don't think so. I vaguely remember trying to sort out AMS without much luck.

 

[Rangers Fans]

I don't think so. I vaguely remember trying to sort out AMS without much luck.

Thanks for the fast reply @Wutime So with the built in articles I can show say just the first two paragraphs of the article and blur the rest? Can I also do this with a first post of a new thread?

 

[Wutime]

No, just for articles. Not sure it'd be very applicable for most posts.

 

[Rangers Fans]

No, just for articles. Not sure it'd be very applicable for most posts.

Sorry @Wutime one more question before buying. Can all replies to an article be blurred?

 

[Wutime]

You set the number of posts to be visible globally per user group. So it's not "how many are blurred", it's how many are "unblurred" (XenForo permission semantics).

 

[Garfield™]

I want to ask you something: How can Google bot see content that visitors can't see? So, are you sure it's harmless from an SEO perspective and indexing perspective? After all, Google bot isn't a user.

 

[Wutime]

I want to ask you something: How can Google bot see content that visitors can't see? So, are you sure it's harmless from an SEO perspective and indexing perspective? After all, Google bot isn't a user.

Few things to unpack here, but for the first, you should absolutely ensure you have the cloak option enabled:



Also, you should NOT have the obfuscate text option for guests without having cloak enabled (the latest versions will give you a warning/error message under this scenario).

As for GoogleBot and other search engines; they'll show up as crawlers and they won't be served obfuscated text even if that option is enabled, and they'll read through the blurred text, so no harm no foul.

There are ways with Google Search Console that you can provide Google a login to your website and designate it a "search engine" or "google" user group if you wanted; to see any hidden pages or pages buried behind paywalls or similar, but that's beyond the scope of this add-on and discussion.

 

[addon330]

How does this affect SEO?

Will Google be able to read it? Our content is heavily SEO optimized so that is fine if a user cannot read it but if Google does not index it, then that would affect things negatively for us. Please advise.

 

[Wutime]

Read the post above, it should have no effect on SEO with the right settings.