Teamjr Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Hello, Can someone explain why I need to set this session to true? If I do set to true, does this effect search engine standings for my site? Thanks TJR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satish Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 if prevent spider session is set to false then when a spider crawls thru the URL generated will have session ID concatenated to it. Thsi will result in two issues. 1)A visitor who clicks from the google page having reference to your site will l;and up along with session ID.Another visitor may land up with same session ID.This will result in both the visitor coming later get access to the previous visitors data.A security issue. 2)When spider comes for the second time a different session ID hence a new URL though the page is same. This will result in duplicate content penalty. So it is recommened to set prevent spider session to true. Satish Ask/Skype for Free osCommerce value addon/SEO suggestion tips for your site. Check My About US For who am I and what My company does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaspower Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Thank you for the reply. So this will not effect like Google from browsing through the site? Thanks TJR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 No, it won't. Other than what Satish has already stated. You need it on. The longer you delay, the more damage you are causing. Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2woo Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 hello jack, just wondering if it is possible for oscommerce to still asign a session ID even thought my store setting for 'prevent spider sessions' is set to true? reason I ask is under my google analytics i noticed google has indexed the same links with differect sessions attached. thanks, richie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 It shouldn't be possible. Look at the cached version of those links and check the dates they were created. It might be that they are old ones from before the setting was changed. Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satish Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 also chek the list that is in robots.txt Satish Ask/Skype for Free osCommerce value addon/SEO suggestion tips for your site. Check My About US For who am I and what My company does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talbot649 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Hi there, Where would I find the 'prevent spider' option? hor-i-zon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
germ Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Admin --> Configuration --> Sessions If I suggest you edit any file(s) make a backup first - I'm not perfect and neither are you. "Given enough impetus a parallelogramatically shaped projectile can egress a circular orifice." - Me - "Headers already sent" - The definitive help "Cannot redeclare ..." - How to find/fix it SSL Implementation Help Like this post? "Like" it again over there > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satish Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 set it to true. Satish Ask/Skype for Free osCommerce value addon/SEO suggestion tips for your site. Check My About US For who am I and what My company does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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