Session ID's in your url

[TheWebJunkie]

Hey all another problem with my site, someone told me this

"but session ID's in your URL's is going to kill your SERPS!"

Could someone explain what they are talking about, and could anyone help me fix it ?

 

[MGM]

I'm not exactly sure what he means by SERPS but session ID's in the URL hurt your page rank and what-not for search engines.

The way I fixed it is by adding a hidden form in the page after the user logged in:

<input type='hidden' name='SID' value='<?= session_id(); ?>' />

Then, on each page after that (after starting the session), I would put this at the top:

$_REQUEST['SID'];

That should do it without the need to put it in your URL.

MGM out

 

[Nippoo]

Dunno about vBulletin, but on phpBB you can do this in a much more simple way.

 

[MGM]

I dont believe he mentioned vBulletin or phpBB at all I think he meant a custom CMS he was working on.

MGM out

 

[Zachery]

Dunno about vBulletin, but on phpBB you can do this in a much more simple way.

they arn't even shown to guests, and most spiders

 

[quentin]

do you need session for guests ?
if not, i'd recommend only creating sessions for logged in users. This way you're sure robots don't get them in the way.

 

[Clasione]

I'm not exactly sure what he means by SERPS

definition: SERPS - S earch E ngine R esult P ages

 

[MGM]

definition: SERPS - S earch E ngine R esult P ages

Ahh alright, thanks for the info!

MGM out

 

[agiacosa]

I looked at my home page (VBA CMPS) with Lynx and saw the Latest Forum Threads had session IDs in the URL. I'm working to strip them now with mod-rewrite.

 

[Kevin]

I looked at my home page (VBA CMPS) with Lynx and saw the Latest Forum Threads had session IDs in the URL. I'm working to strip them now with mod-rewrite.

Were you logged in or out at the time?

 

[agiacosa]

Logged out. Just did it again.

 

[SaN-DeeP]

I have not yet came across session ids with vbulletin 3.0.7 on our forums.