Re: Hide Cart ID in URL?

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 49689
interpreted = N
texte = > > >First question, is it possible to hide the cart id? I know what it is and >why it's there so my initial guess would be no, but as I said, I'm not into >it like most of you.You can put the cart id in a cookie. You can also pass it as a POST, if your using form buttons to navigate, but spiders don't follow form buttons. If you have a good site map, they can follow the urls on that, though.The cart id may or may not be a prob for the se spiders. They were at one time, but there are those who claim that's no longer so. I try to avoid query strings in urls, if for no other reason than they're just ugly.There's a good bit involved in getting a good ranking in search results after it's been spidered, so the cart id is only one thing to look at. The list archives have some info on this topic. See Glenn------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Hide Cart ID in URL? (Alex McCombie 2003)
  2. Re: Hide Cart ID in URL? (Glenn Busbin 2003)
  3. Re: Hide Cart ID in URL? (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  4. Hide Cart ID in URL? (Chris Stegner @ Work 2003)
> > >First question, is it possible to hide the cart id? I know what it is and >why it's there so my initial guess would be no, but as I said, I'm not into >it like most of you.You can put the cart id in a cookie. You can also pass it as a POST, if your using form buttons to navigate, but spiders don't follow form buttons. If you have a good site map, they can follow the urls on that, though.The cart id may or may not be a prob for the se spiders. They were at one time, but there are those who claim that's no longer so. I try to avoid query strings in urls, if for no other reason than they're just ugly.There's a good bit involved in getting a good ranking in search results after it's been spidered, so the cart id is only one thing to look at. The list archives have some info on this topic. See Glenn------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Glenn Busbin

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