[ic] does mv_tmp_session work?

[Grant]

>Grant [listbox@email.com] wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Does anyone know if mv_tmp_session is functional in the
>current build of
>> > > 4.9?  It is supposed to keep ? and & out of all links when it is
>> > > set.  This
>> > > should be very useful for search engines indexing.
>> > >
>> > The mv_tmp_session works in 4.9, and does keep args such as
>mv_session_id
>> > and mv_pc out of generated URIs, but isn't a lot of use for search
>> > engine use.  Consider the following link:
>> >
>> >    http://www.domain.com/foo/bar.html?mv_tmp_session=1
>> >
>> > It still has a '?' in there.
>> >
>> > What you really need, in 4.9, are the new RobotUI, RobotIP and
>RobotHost
>> > global directives.  These will recognise incoming search engine spiders
>> > by User Agent, IP address and Hostname, and will automatically set the
>> > mv_tmp_session.  The temporary session setting will, in turn, ensure
>> > that generated links don't have mv_session_id and mv_pc arguments in
>> > the URI.
>> >
>> Thanks a lot for your response, Kevin.  Are you saying that when
>> mv_tmp_session is set via RobotUI, RobotIP, or RobotHost, it
>does not show
>> up in the URL?  That would be ideal as the robots would then be able to
>> follow the links with no problem.
>>
>Yes.

Perfect, thanks Kevin.

- Grant