 Need Help - How To Remove Session ID From URL |
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 Apr 1 2006, 09:15 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Validating Posts: 111 Joined: 28-January 06 Member No.: 10,917  |
Oflate I was going through Google information for webmasters and I noticed the following technical guideline for the webmasters:
QUOTE Allow search bots to crawl your sites without session IDs or arguments that track their path through the site. These techniques are useful for tracking individual user behavior, but the access pattern of bots is entirely different. Using these techniques may result in incomplete indexing of your site, as bots may not be able to eliminate URLs that look different but actually point to the same page. It clearly shows that undesired session IDs may have adverse effect at least for two reasons : 1)Duplicating content! and 2) crawlers may enter into an infinte loop and access the same page repeatedly as it may not be able to eliminate URLs that look different but actually point to the same page. However, I could not find any suitable method either for allowing the bots to crawl my site without session IDs or to remove the undesired session IDs from the url. I searched for a solution and got this one: CODE ini_set( 'session.use_cookies', ( int )1 ); ini_set( 'session.use_trans_sid', ( int )1 ); session_start(); But it did not work for me. Now is there any other way to remove undesired session IDs from the URL? or am I making some mistake in handling sessions. Thanks in anticipation of some good advice. Regards, Sid |
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Apr 2 2006, 12:13 PM
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Super Member  Group: Members Posts: 595 Joined: 4-September 04 Member No.: 228 |
You can turn the session ID transmission from URI off using a .htaccess file and php flags. I've done this as I feel it's lot handier than adding the lines to every page header.
Just in .htaccess file put the following lines: CODE php_flag session.use_trans_sid off php_flag register_globals off Although the code you specified should in my opinion work. Well, try the htaccess method and if it doesn't work let's figure out something else. This post has been edited by Hercco: Apr 2 2006, 12:14 PM |
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Apr 2 2006, 08:56 PM
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the Q  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 1,133 Joined: 13-July 05 From: Lithuania, Vilnius Member No.: 7,059 myCENTs:5.70 |
Just make your scripts that they would not do that, I never had problems with this kind of things, but I don't know what url's you're using, I always use GET or PATH_INFO or QUERY_STRING and use sessions. Those PHPSESSID is annoying for me, I usually change the name for the session and work with that cookie.
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Apr 25 2006, 07:07 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Validating Posts: 111 Joined: 28-January 06 Member No.: 10,917 |
QUOTE(Quatrux @ Apr 3 2006, 03:26 AM)  ....I always use GET or PATH_INFO or QUERY_STRING and use sessions....) Thanks Quatrux, your suggestions helped me a lot. Now that PHPSESSID is no more there. Also I think, putting "php_flag register_globals off" in .htacces file, would turn the global variables off. As I have used global variables, so it was just not ideal for me to do like that. Still thanks to you Hercco for your suggestion. Regards, Sid |
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Jun 1 2006, 03:59 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 18-April 06 Member No.: 12,839 |
QUOTE(sid.calcutta @ Apr 1 2006, 10:15 PM) Oflate I was going through Google information for webmasters and I noticed the following technical guideline for the webmasters: It clearly shows that undesired session IDs may have adverse effect at least for two reasons : 1)Duplicating content! and 2) crawlers may enter into an infinte loop and access the same page repeatedly as it may not be able to eliminate URLs that look different but actually point to the same page. However, I could not find any suitable method either for allowing the bots to crawl my site without session IDs or to remove the undesired session IDs from the url. I searched for a solution and got this one: CODE ini_set( 'session.use_cookies', ( int )1 ); ini_set( 'session.use_trans_sid', ( int )1 ); session_start(); But it did not work for me. Now is there any other way to remove undesired session IDs from the URL? or am I making some mistake in handling sessions. Thanks in anticipation of some good advice. Regards, Sid Perhaps session.use_trans_sid is the ticket you're looking for... Wojta |
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Jun 2 2006, 12:31 PM
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent Group: Members Posts: 372 Joined: 13-April 05 Member No.: 3,937 |
QUOTE(sid.calcutta @ Apr 26 2006, 03:07 AM) Thanks Quatrux, your suggestions helped me a lot. Now that PHPSESSID is no more there. Also I think, putting "php_flag register_globals off" in .htacces file, would turn the global variables off. As I have used global variables, so it was just not ideal for me to do like that. Still thanks to you Hercco for your suggestion. Regards, Sid well, on my opinion only.. it is best to turn off register globals to your site.. but you need to convert all those variable callin to his types $_POST $_GET $_SESSION on my own experience, register globals on can provide lots of problems which is to many to mention all here.. |
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Jul 23 2008, 02:30 PM
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Newbie [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 0 Joined: 1-November 07 Member No.: 25,869 |
Are there platforms in which removing session ID\\
Need Help - How To Remove Session ID From URL I have been trying to find a way to mask session ID's from our site (http://www.Hrdirect.Com) because they are killing our SEO. I'm being told that doing so is "Not possible in our platform" Is this possible? -reply by Lindsay |
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