[ic] does mv_tmp_session work?

Kevin Walsh interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Thu Nov 7 01:47:00 2002


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.
> >
> Thanks a lot for your response, Kevin.  Are you saying that when
> mv_tmp_session is set via RobotUI, RobotIP, or RobotHost, it does not show
> up in the URL?  That would be ideal as the robots would then be able to
> follow the links with no problem.
> 
Yes.

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