Re: FN-FORUM: Puzzled

date posted 22nd January 2005 11:29

Ah - So $_GET['googs'] could be something that has been added by whatever is
rewriting the URL's. The site content definitely changes if it thinks it is
being searched - I managed to work that bit out - phew. It is written in
such a complicated way that it is going my head in. I am not surprised if it
is frowned on by Google. I am supposed to be basing another site on it so
perhaps I should leave out the Google bits. The bit that really confuses me
in the bit of code is why is there "die()" - I would have expect it to
carry.

Pam



----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Freeman" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Puzzled


>
> I guess 'googs' is something to do with Google. Basically, it's
> saying: if 'googs' is in the query string, then set the session
> variable (presumably for use later on), otherwise, if 'nogoogs' is in
> the query string, then unset the session and redirect to hide the
> query string. The $_GET['googs'] and $_GET['nogoogs'] aren't set in
> the code because they are variables that are taken from the query
> string of the URL. Have a look around in the code for the session
> variable for more clues. It may be that the site is changing it's
> content if it thinks it's being searched by a GoogleBot - I'm not sure
> what the consequences of this are, but it's frowned upon my Google (I
> think).
>
> Hope this helps,
> Joe.
>
>
> On 22 Jan 2005 11:09:51 -0000, PAMELA WHITTAKER [EMAIL REMOVED]
> wrote:
>> I think that your idea of the URL filter is the most likely as the links
>> looked like the second lot originally and then they made it Search Engine
>> friendly before we took it over - thanks.
>>
>> I am also puzzled with this bit of code:-
>>
>> function main_nav()
>> {
>> if (isset($_GET['googs']))
>> {
>> $_SESSION['session_bot']=true;
>> }
>> elseif ( isset($_GET['nogoogs']))
>> {
>> $_SESSION['session_bot']=false;
>> $location = str_replace( 'nogoogs' , '' ,
>> $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] );
>> header('Location:' . $location );
>> die();
>> }
>>
>> $_GET['googs'] and $_GET['nogoogs'] aren't set in the code anywhere so it
>> must be something on the server at a guess but what and what is the
>> purpose
>> of it? Any ideas please. I imagine it has something to do with google
>
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