Update: People search site PeekYou engages in widespread search engine manipulation

In a [previous post](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/17zzvi8/peekyou_engages_in_cloaking_to_manipulate_search/), I noted that PeekYou engages in cloaking, displaying different content to standard browsers than to web crawlers. This involves marking pages as "noindex" for regular users but as "index" for crawlers, leading them to appear in Google and Bing search results. These types of tactics are commonly used by shady websites to enhance their online presence.

Since then, I've discovered that PeekYou's cloaking is more extensive than initially thought. Using WebToolHub.com, I tested a random PeekYou …

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