[ic] how to turn off session id use only cookies

interchange-users@icdevgroup.org interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Wed Sep 4 22:07:01 2002


On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 06:41:55PM -0700, Dan Browning wrote:
> At 07:44 PM 9/4/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >Is there some way to completely turn of sessions and only
> >use cookies? By the way mv_no_session_id = 1
> >seems to not work. This and the other two settings are all set
> >to 1
> >
> >I have a small problem related  to search engins and my
> >sight. When search engins come by they spend
> >all there time running through my sight on like three
> >links and go nowhere else since they seem to get the different
> >session id
> >It seems to me that lycos and a few others have this
> >problem
> >
> >If you want to see what I mean got to
> >
> >http://www.lycos.com/default.asp?lpv=1&loc=searchhp&query=blossomland+supply
> >
> >
> >You will see almost 50 pages from
> >my about us page.
> >This seems to not allow the search engins
> >to actually hit any real parts of my
> >site due to time outs of the crawl.
> >
> >This seems to affect our abilites for proper listings
> >on many search engines.
> >
> >I hope someone could come up with something.
> >
> >I have tried the mod rewrite (to mask the
> >?) as well and it seems to mess up a few of
> >the advanced queries on the site.
> >
> >Thanks.
> 
> Yes, this is a complex issue.  Here are three suggestions:
> 
>  * Generate a static version of the site (not currently working, see URL)
>    http://interchange.redhat.com/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=419
> 
>  * Generate your own static "entry" page for submission and remove ?,&,=
>    with a regex (the path of least resistance).
> 
>  * (Best solution, IMHO, but probably not very fun)
>    Build option to have Interchange generate lycos-friendly urls:
>    ?a=123&b=456  ...into...  /a/eq/123/and/b/eq/456
>    Utilize Apache ReWrite rules to convert them back
>    (Or modify IC to read them as well as write them).
> 

You can also look for robot UA and return to it a robot specific
page.  Downside is you won't want to do that for every page. Plus
is that you can tailor it for the robot and it does not have to be
beautiful.  Just feed all your products into a <UL> with a simple
DBI script.



> I hope that helps.
> 
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