Re: Cart passing in URL...
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 58291
interpreted = N
texte = on 6/10/04 3:35 PM, devaulw@onebox.com at devaulw@onebox.com wrote: > Even worse than the overspidering (which most good search engines avoid), is a > duplicate content penalty. Search engines either only take one copy of a page > but may penalize your site/page if it is seen a spamming. Another problem is > that even if your page gets into the search engine, every visitor from that > engine's link will have the same cart number. Was going to deal with this later issue with an expired carts db, assigning new carts on entry but I do see your point with regards to the spamming etc. > > Do you know what percentage of visitors are not using cookies? If it's a high > number, then I'd recommend appending the ?cart=[cart]. Okay, I might just go with the appending cart thing as it sounds like it is a safer option... I'd just hate to have all my hard work getting CSS running, reworking the URL's and implementing a completely new build structure go to waste by not getting indexed. > Bill > Alan ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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on 6/10/04 3:35 PM, devaulw@onebox.com at devaulw@onebox.com wrote: > Even worse than the overspidering (which most good search engines avoid), is a > duplicate content penalty. Search engines either only take one copy of a page > but may penalize your site/page if it is seen a spamming. Another problem is > that even if your page gets into the search engine, every visitor from that > engine's link will have the same cart number. Was going to deal with this later issue with an expired carts db, assigning new carts on entry but I do see your point with regards to the spamming etc. > > Do you know what percentage of visitors are not using cookies? If it's a high > number, then I'd recommend appending the ?cart=[cart]. Okay, I might just go with the appending cart thing as it sounds like it is a safer option... I'd just hate to have all my hard work getting CSS running, reworking the URL's and implementing a completely new build structure go to waste by not getting indexed. > Bill > Alan ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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