Facebook "lockout"
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I'm not sure what the correct term is, but I've visited websites that require me to like page 1 of an article, to view page 2. Little annoying but fair enough, they wrote the content, I clearly find it of value as I want page 2.
I run a download website, with user generated content. We used to only allow downloads to members, this resulted in 5,000+ new signups per day and a massive userbase.
We now allow guests to download content, the majority are freeloaders, not even a thank you to the artist.
I am about to employ a system for guests, that forces them to like, tweet or G+ the download, for it to begin. If they don't, no download.
Are there any SEO considerations here? The page this will be implemented on, isn't a crawlable page.
Cheers.
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I don't see any glaring SEO implications with this method, especially since page it's implemented on isn't indexed. The biggest issue I see would be the user experience. You might get a slow down in downloads from this, but if that sounds like it may not be a problem.
Hope that helps!
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Hi Eliathah, I don't use WP, so it will be a custom job.
The page is noindex, but it is crawlable. Just not indexable. I made a mistake in my original post.
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Are you asking for suggestions on plugins? If so theres a great plugin for that by WPMU http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/pay-with-a-like/
As far as SEO goes, if the page isn't crawlable anyways, i dont see how it could affect you.
I might be missing the point of the question
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