We're working on a site that is a beer company. Because it is required to have an age verification page, how should we best redirect the bots (useragents) to the actual homepage (thus skipping ahead of the age verification without allowing all browsers)?
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This question is about useragents and alcohol sites that have an age verification screen upon landing on the site.
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Do you know of any examples of this being implemented? Thanks Daniel.
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Javascript and cookies. Some sort of modal window. Hands down. Fulfills your legal requirements, and doesn't hinder the content.
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