[ic] does mv_tmp_session work?

[Kevin Walsh]

Grant [listbox@email.com] wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know if mv_tmp_session is functional in the current build of
> 4.9?  It is supposed to keep ? and & out of all links when it is set.  This
> should be very useful for search engines indexing.
> 
The mv_tmp_session works in 4.9, and does keep args such as mv_session_id
and mv_pc out of generated URIs, but isn't a lot of use for search
engine use.  Consider the following link:

    http://www.domain.com/foo/bar.html?mv_tmp_session=1

It still has a '?' in there.

What you really need, in 4.9, are the new RobotUI, RobotIP and RobotHost
global directives.  These will recognise incoming search engine spiders
by User Agent, IP address and Hostname, and will automatically set the
mv_tmp_session.  The temporary session setting will, in turn, ensure
that generated links don't have mv_session_id and mv_pc arguments in
the URI.

I hope some of that made sense.

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