Can Googlebot bypass validation on its own reCAPTCHA system so that I can put it on my website without preventing Google from indexing it?
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How about you take a look at this... http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=182072 – nmagerko Jan 06 '12 at 22:55
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Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2621533/allowing-google-to-bypass-captcha-verification-sensible-or-not – Devin Burke Jan 06 '12 at 22:59
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I have looked there -- no reference to captcha. – maletor Jan 06 '12 at 22:59
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Verifying the bot is Googlebot might not be needed if Googlebot can bypass captcha validation. – maletor Jan 06 '12 at 23:00
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Googlebot cannot automatically bypass your captchas; you have to let it. Look at the resource below for information on how to verify that Googlebot is really Googlebot:
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