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Can Spiders Read Cookies?

Discussion in 'All Other Search Engines' started by TwisterMc, Feb 2, 2005.

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    Do search engine spiders accept cookies so that they experience a site the way a person would? I assume yes.

    It's just that sometimes I need to use cookies. And I wanna make sure. ;)
     
    TwisterMc, Feb 2, 2005 IP
  2. craige

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    No, search engine spiders can not accept cookies. All a spider is interested in is content and if that content is hidden behind a cookie, then your pages wont get crawled.
     
    craige, Feb 2, 2005 IP
  3. TwisterMc

    TwisterMc Mac Guru

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    That makes sense, yet surprises me too. It just seems that some sites are very cookie dependent, like when a site tells you to choose a language, or that new scheme that asks for you zip code. How do those sites get their pages indexed then?
     
    TwisterMc, Feb 2, 2005 IP
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    They may use IP cloaking..
     
    neterslandreau, Feb 23, 2005 IP
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    Also English may be a 'default' language if cookies can't be accepted, and then the site would get the English content indexed.
     
    exam, Feb 23, 2005 IP