[ic] how to turn off session id use only cookies

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org (Dan Browning)]

At 07:44 PM 9/4/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Is there some way to completely turn of sessions and only
>use cookies? By the way mv_no_session_id = 1
>seems to not work. This and the other two settings are all set
>to 1
>
>I have a small problem related  to search engins and my
>sight. When search engins come by they spend
>all there time running through my sight on like three
>links and go nowhere else since they seem to get the different
>session id
>It seems to me that lycos and a few others have this
>problem
>
>If you want to see what I mean got to
>
>http://www.lycos.com/default.asp?lpv=1&loc=searchhp&query=blossomland+supply
>
>
>You will see almost 50 pages from
>my about us page.
>This seems to not allow the search engins
>to actually hit any real parts of my
>site due to time outs of the crawl.
>
>This seems to affect our abilites for proper listings
>on many search engines.
>
>I hope someone could come up with something.
>
>I have tried the mod rewrite (to mask the
>?) as well and it seems to mess up a few of
>the advanced queries on the site.
>
>Thanks.

Yes, this is a complex issue.  Here are three suggestions:

  * Generate a static version of the site (not currently working, see URL)
    http://interchange.redhat.com/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=419

  * Generate your own static "entry" page for submission and remove ?,&,=
    with a regex (the path of least resistance).

  * (Best solution, IMHO, but probably not very fun)
    Build option to have Interchange generate lycos-friendly urls:
    ?a=123&b=456  ...into...  /a/eq/123/and/b/eq/456
    Utilize Apache ReWrite rules to convert them back
    (Or modify IC to read them as well as write them).

I hope that helps.

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