Removing session IDs from URLs for bots = good cloaking

Remember when GoogleGuy posted that this was OK?

[stinker]

I recall quite a while ago now that GoogleGuy posted that selectively replacing spider-unfriendly links on your pages with spider-friendly ones, just for Googlebot, was a good practice (and technically, not cloaking). For example, you could use this approach to drop session IDs from your URLs just for bots. I can't find that post and I've been digging for more than an hour. Can anyone point me to his post?

[goodroi]

try this one [webmasterworld.com...]

[blaketar]

Create an array of Spider IP's or Agents then include a global file in your web site file via PHP or ASP or?. In that file run a simple:

if(inarray("$SpiderArray", "$REMOTE_ADDR")) {
//do not start a session on this page
} else {
session_start();
}

Simple as that, tweak to your taste or server code using.

[stinker]

Thanks goodroi, but that wasn't it. It was a really old post from GG.