Google Cache Question

[mosley700]

My sites runs Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) PHP/4.2.3 mod_log_bytes/0.3 mod_bwlimited/1.0 FrontPage/2.8.10 OpenSSL/0.9.6b on Linux.

I recently moved to a new hosting location. Since the move something has changed. When I go to my site the address gets a tracking code, e.g., instead of http://www.myfakedomain.com/ the URL reads http://www.myfakedomain.com/?PHPSESSID=465eaf92c42df5048e7aae9348b8ea49

I have no idea why this is. My site development people say the hosting company's servers are generating the tracking code, and my hosting company says it's my site development company's programming.

Because of the question mark in the tracking code, I fear it could create pagerank and cache problems.

Any help would be appreciated.

[jdMorgan]

mosley700,

Well, somebody's using php to add a session ID, and yes, this may cause problems with engines that don't follow dynamic content.

You might want to re-post over in one of the scripting forums, find out how this is done, and where to look for the script. You might also want to use Brett's server header checker here on WebmasterWorld to see if somebody is throwing a redirect in there.

(Bump)

Jim

[Slade]

Read this section...

[zend.com...]

Basically the server is doing it. I'm not sure if you can turn this off..

Couldn't find anything that says you can disable it unless you have access to the php.ini

[jdMorgan]

So, a short-term work-around would be to use canonical URLs instead of relative URLs on all of your pages. If your site is small, this might be OK.

Jim