Hostilla.pl IT glossary
What is cloaking?
Cloaking is showing different content to search engine robots than to users. In SEO, this is a risky technique and can lead to penalties. In security, malware uses a similar mechanism: to the administrator, the website looks normal, but the user or bot sees spam. In this case, you need to scan and clean the files.
Definition
Cloaking is showing different content to search engine robots than to users. In SEO, this is a risky technique and can lead to penalties. In security, malware uses a similar mechanism: to the administrator, the website looks normal, but the user or bot sees spam. In this case, you need to scan and clean the files.
What does it mean in practice?
In Hostilla.pl services this term is relevant when running websites, domains, DNS, e-mail, SSL and secure hosting operations.