[ic] to Mike Heins: mv_tmp_session?

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Fri Sep 6 22:05:01 2002


On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 04:52:21PM -0700, Dan Browning wrote:
> 
>  * Note that when you submit your site to search engines, you need to
>    use /spider_entrance.html as the URL.
> 
>  * Some search engines will spider your site from various locations anyway,
>    which is why CFM recommended checking for robot user agents (UA) and
>    sending them to the spider_entrance.html (and crossing fingers that
>    they're smart enough to avoid recursively circling the site).
> 
> Anyone feel free to expound (or correct) that (note that I haven't yet 
> played around with mv_tmp_session).  Cheers,

Check the UA and if it is NOT a spider, you probably don't want to
send regular shoppers into the spider pages.  I'm not actually sending
the spiders anywhere; I'm just giving them different content.


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