Re: search engine friendly URLS (Mac) and Lycos!

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 16692
interpreted = N
texte = >To fix the multiple indexing problem, we are looking into assigning a >specific cart number to the spiders when they visit (and are picked out of >the crowd by their [IPADDRESS]. Once the users follow that link to our >site, we use [referrer] to determine if we should reassign their cart >number to prevent multiple purchases using the same cart. Sound reasonable?Sounds reasonable, although you might also consider looking at the [BrowserName] to see if it contains spider-like names in it, rather than going on ip address. Seems more general that way.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: search engine friendly URLS (Mac) and Lycos! (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  2. Re: search engine friendly URLS (Mac) and Lycos! (Dale LaFountain 1998)
>To fix the multiple indexing problem, we are looking into assigning a >specific cart number to the spiders when they visit (and are picked out of >the crowd by their [ipaddress]. Once the users follow that link to our >site, we use [referrer] to determine if we should reassign their cart >number to prevent multiple purchases using the same cart. Sound reasonable?Sounds reasonable, although you might also consider looking at the [browsername] to see if it contains spider-like names in it, rather than going on ip address. Seems more general that way.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ PCS Technical Support

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