PHP Sessions and Google

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Yahoo Cowboy, Dec 13, 2007.

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    Hi,

    I wonder if anyone knows if the Googlebot can be assigned a session ID when it spiders a website.

    The problem we are experiencing with our website is that we are indexed twice in their search results. Once for domainname.com/page.html and once for domainname.com/page.html?PHPSESSID=b74b76829e76a3282556f201...

    Will Google penalise us for thinking we have 2 identical pages, just with different urls or not?

    Thank you for any advice

    Regards
    Gareth Irving
     
    Yahoo Cowboy, Dec 13, 2007 IP
  2. speda1

    speda1 Well-Known Member

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    Not a penalty, but link juice dilution.

    Either don't put the session ID's in the url's (use cookies instead) or don't require sessions.
     
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    astup1didiot Notable Member

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