The Truth About Google, Session ID (SID) and a Question about All Prods

[mreigle]

I'm finding conflicted information in the forum. I'm working to get my site optomized for Google indexing. I've added the all products contribution, but I'm still receiving a session ID in the address bar. Is this okay?

 

Also, should I enable forced cookie use so that I don't get the revolving Google spider problem that I've been reading so much about? How many people DON'T have cookies enabled in their web browser? I've heard about a contribution that removes the session ID from all pages except for the ones where they're absolutely necessary, but I can't seem to find it. Does it exist?

 

I've also done a robots.txt, meta tags, alt tags full of keywords, and i'm working at a high keyword volume aspect and a high linkback volume. I'm also going to be participating in the Google Sitemaps BETA program.

 

Is there anything I'm missing to get the best ranking I can?

 

Thanks!

[boxtel]

I'm finding conflicted information in the forum. I'm working to get my site optomized for Google indexing. I've added the all products contribution, but I'm still receiving a session ID in the address bar. Is this okay?

 

Also, should I enable forced cookie use so that I don't get the revolving Google spider problem that I've been reading so much about? How many people DON'T have cookies enabled in their web browser? I've heard about a contribution that removes the session ID from all pages except for the ones where they're absolutely necessary, but I can't seem to find it. Does it exist?

 

I've also done a robots.txt, meta tags, alt tags full of keywords, and i'm working at a high keyword volume aspect and a high linkback volume. I'm also going to be participating in the Google Sitemaps BETA program.

 

Is there anything I'm missing to get the best ranking I can?

 

Thanks!

 

I've added the all products contribution, but I'm still receiving a session ID in the address bar. Is this okay?

no, they are unrelated, it means you cookie settings are wrong

 

should I enable forced cookie use

open choice, I would say no especially because of your quote above

 

Does it exist?

yes but I would not recommend that solution, use your spiders.txt

[mreigle]

no, they are unrelated, it means you cookie settings are wrong

open choice, I would say no especially because of your quote above

yes but I would not recommend that solution, use your spiders.txt

 

What could be wrong with my cookie settings? How do I use my spiders.txt? I just updated to the brand new spiders.txt contribution...

[mreigle]

uhhh, thanks for pointing out that i have problems?

[mreigle]

someone please help!

[boxtel]

someone please help!

 

well, there are thousands of posts about incorrect cookie settings.

 

still, the least you could do is help people help you as in posting your configure.php file (without id's and passwords) or the address of your site.

Otherwise it is like asking "my site does not work as espected, what could be wrong" which makes for a nice speculation session.

[mreigle]

What could be wrong with my cookie settings? I haven't even messes with them...

 

configure.php:

 

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<?php

/*

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

 

Copyright © 2003 osCommerce

 

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

 

// Define the webserver and path parameters

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)

// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.mysite.com'); // eg, http://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.mysite.com'); // eg, https://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('ENABLE_SSL', true); // secure webserver for checkout procedure?

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.mysite.com');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.mysite.com');

define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');

define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');

define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');

define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');

define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');

define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');

define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');

define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');

 

define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', 'pub/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/my_user/public_html/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/');

 

// define our database connection

define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost'); // eg, localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', 'BLAH');

define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', 'BLAH');

define('DB_DATABASE', 'BLAH_osc1');

define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false'); // use persistent connections?

define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql'); // leave empty '' for default handler or set to 'mysql'

?>

[osSea]

In Admin->Configuration->Sessions, there is a setting called 'Prevent Spider Sessions'. You can find out more about this setting by searching the Knowledge Base.