Re: Cookies and customers with cookies turned off
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2005
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 61005
interpreted = N
texte = I thought about adding the cart when needed to the URL, but that undercut the SE friendly aspect because most bots don't return cookies. Bill On Feb 10, 2005, at 2:47 PM, charles kline wrote: > I have been using a cookie based system for passing the cart value. > I could see building a system that would page per page check for the > cookie, and if it does not exist add it to the form or any link on the > page. If I was doing this, I might build a function that would create > my links and forms, that way I could just call the function and have > the function determine whether or not it needed to add the cart=[cart] > to either the URL or the form. Just a thought. > > -Charles > > > > On Feb 10, 2005, at 11:57 AM, devaulw@onebox.com wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Presently my sites pass the cart in the URL, but I want to be more >> search engine friendly and to avoid the cart re-use problem that can >> arise when visitors bookmark cart information. >> >> I want to implement a site that uses cookies throughout for tracking >> visitor behaviour (recently visited pages, account information) >> except that I'd like to keep the checkout process as is because it >> requires no cookies. I use forms to pass cart data from the add to >> cart page, cart review and order submit to allow this. Cart >> information would be lost for those users who don't have cookies >> enabled and don't go straight through the purchase process. >> >> If you've done something similar, can you tell me what pitfalls there >> might be and how you may have worked around them? What is the best >> way to inform visitors that the cart information will be lost if they >> don't have cookies/complete the purchase straight through? >> >> I'd also like to keep carts around longer than a day or so. How long >> do most people expect a cart to be kept for them? Amazon seems to >> keep them for ages. >> >> Thanks, >> Bill >> ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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I thought about adding the cart when needed to the URL, but that undercut the SE friendly aspect because most bots don't return cookies. Bill On Feb 10, 2005, at 2:47 PM, charles kline wrote: > I have been using a cookie based system for passing the cart value. > I could see building a system that would page per page check for the > cookie, and if it does not exist add it to the form or any link on the > page. If I was doing this, I might build a function that would create > my links and forms, that way I could just call the function and have > the function determine whether or not it needed to add the cart=[cart] > to either the URL or the form. Just a thought. > > -Charles > > > > On Feb 10, 2005, at 11:57 AM, devaulw@onebox.com wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Presently my sites pass the cart in the URL, but I want to be more >> search engine friendly and to avoid the cart re-use problem that can >> arise when visitors bookmark cart information. >> >> I want to implement a site that uses cookies throughout for tracking >> visitor behaviour (recently visited pages, account information) >> except that I'd like to keep the checkout process as is because it >> requires no cookies. I use forms to pass cart data from the add to >> cart page, cart review and order submit to allow this. Cart >> information would be lost for those users who don't have cookies >> enabled and don't go straight through the purchase process. >> >> If you've done something similar, can you tell me what pitfalls there >> might be and how you may have worked around them? What is the best >> way to inform visitors that the cart information will be lost if they >> don't have cookies/complete the purchase straight through? >> >> I'd also like to keep carts around longer than a day or so. How long >> do most people expect a cart to be kept for them? Amazon seems to >> keep them for ages. >> >> Thanks, >> Bill >> ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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