Got an SEO + PHP coding question for you guys I’m thinking about for s

[Mishaelo]

Hi all


If I’m using http referrer command on a page, based on an entrance keyword to a page, the http referrer will place different content on the page (not replacing the whole page, but just big part of it).

Command line is:
@$HTTP_REFERER

My questions are:
1. Can this be considered as cloaking or blackhat technique? This will be implemented on strictly white hat sites.
2. Can the new content be indexed by search engines – mainly big G (my thoughts are no, since its referrer based on keywords, and bots visit as user agents).

Any thoughts and ideas are welcomed,

Thanks

[enigma1]

IMO for
1 - yes spiders because will always see different content than regular visitors and because of 2 - no, they cannot know the interpretation of the referrer on your site.

Use an extra parameter in the URL since the content is different or a completely different URL that perhaps is constructed based on the referrer info.