Will the site get penalty if return different page (similar content) to Googlebot?

john_doe_

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It's not saying display "money" to user while "movie" to UA=googlebot.
It's like:
- a video page with related videos: display video to user, but a image (cover of the video) to Google Crawler; insert text around the video (related video) but not images;
- a visual elements, for example: 3D asset: display 3D asset to user, but a image (of the 3d asset) with limited JS file render so that to save crawl budget
- a dynamic page requires a lot of resource, JS: display full page to user, but a static page to Google crawler to get better CWVs and save crawl budget

Will above cases be considered as cloaking or violate the spam policies?
 
That sounds like a risky move, especially the googlebot stuff. google's getting smarter, and they can usually sniff out that kind of sneaky stuff pretty quickly. you're basically trying to trick them, and they don't like being tricked. honestly, your best bet is to make the site good for everyone. focus on fast loading times, clean code, and good content. if your site's solid, you won't need to play these games.
Is it considered as just the Dynamic Rendering which completely allowed by Google?
 
The first option is 100% cloaking, second option not an issue, third option is the type of cloaking that is not really frowned upon (so long as the display content is near on the same).

Remember, Google's policies are not law.
 
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