While we all appreciate the google.bot paying attention to our web sites
it appears that it is a double edged sword. Within ZenCart the bot
shows up as a Guest rather than a Spyder and consequently every item
that is "viewed" comes up in the Products Viewed. This then negates the
use of Products Viewed for marketing purposes. Has anyone else had this
problem? Know of a fix?
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10 Jun 2008, 09:53 AM #1
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google.bot showing as guest instead of Spyder in Admin
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10 Jun 2008, 03:10 PM #2
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Re: google.bot showing as guest instead of Spyder in Admin
What version of Zen Cart?
What addons do you have installed?
What version of PHP on your server?
What is your URL?.
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10 Jun 2008, 03:21 PM #3
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Re: google.bot showing as guest instead of Spyder in Admin
What version of Zen Cart?
1.3.8a
What addons do you have installed?
Hum.... I think only:
Image Handler 2.0
Ultimate_SEO_URLs_v2.106
What version of PHP on your server?
4.4.8
What is your URL?
www.historichomehardware.com
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10 Jun 2008, 05:56 PM #4
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Re: google.bot showing as guest instead of Spyder in Admin
What are your settings in Admin->Configuration->Sessions?
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10 Jun 2008, 06:20 PM #5
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Re: google.bot showing as guest instead of Spyder in Admin
See attached screenshot.
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10 Jun 2008, 06:54 PM #6
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Re: google.bot showing as guest instead of Spyder in Admin
Well, since you've turned off the "Prevent Spider Sessions" switch, it's no wonder that spiders are affecting your stats.
You might put it back to the default setting of "true" ... unless you had a specific reason for changing it in the first place..
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