g1smd - 11:58 pm on Aug 8, 2004 (gmt 0)

If Google has already got the link with an ID in it, then they already have it. Stripping it off on your server, as such, (i.e. ignoring it) wouldn't make any difference to the results.

What would make a difference is to take any such URL and do a 301 redirect to the target page from it. A lot of care needs to be taken to avoid getting in an endless redirect-to-itself loop though.