[interchange-cvs] interchange - racke modified WHATSNEW-5.5

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User:      racke
Date:      2008-04-23 13:33:41 GMT
Modified:  .        WHATSNEW-5.5
Log:
added overlooked addition of BounceReferrals directive

Revision  Changes    Path
1.107                interchange/WHATSNEW-5.5


rev 1.107, prev_rev 1.106
Index: WHATSNEW-5.5
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RCS file: /var/cvs/interchange/WHATSNEW-5.5,v
retrieving revision 1.106
retrieving revision 1.107
diff -u -r1.106 -r1.107
--- WHATSNEW-5.5	23 Apr 2008 09:51:36 -0000	1.106
+++ WHATSNEW-5.5	23 Apr 2008 13:33:41 -0000	1.107
@@ -317,6 +317,14 @@
 * Added a new "scratchd" test type.  This is the same as "scratch" except
   that it deletes the variable from the scratchpad after testing.
 
+* New BounceReferrals catalog directive. When enabled, GET requests to URLs
+  with mv_pc or mv_source set to an affiliate code are redirected to the
+  same URL minus the affiliate code.
+
+  This keeps search engines that respect redirects from storing the affiliate
+  code-salted URL in their indexes, and helps them focus on the real resource
+  with a single URL instead of a multitude of salted links.
+
 UserDB
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