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12 Jul 2009, 8:03 PM
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Is this bad?

Hello

A few days ago I had my site fixed by my hosting supplier now I have noticed that all my URLS have changed.

This has messed up my site being listed my google search & it's now started to worry me.

Each URL now has random numbers & letters at the end.

'?zenid=91aedc3047cd9c0c73b2671bec61b787'

Is this bad & how can it be fixed?
Or should I not worry at all.

Any help please would be wonderful

Thank you

12 Jul 2009, 8:35 PM
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Re: Is this bad?

The "zenid" is a session item for tracking a customer -

Not a concern

This has messed up my site being listed my google search
How have you determined this?

12 Jul 2009, 8:42 PM
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Re: Is this bad?

Each URL now has random numbers & letters at the end.

'?zenid=91aedc3047cd9c0c73b2671bec61b787'

Are you seeing the ZenID on every URL?

13 Jul 2009, 1:41 PM
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Re: Is this bad?

kobra:

The "zenid" is a session item for tracking a customer -

Not a concern

How have you determined this?

Why would it being tracking every URL? I'm sorry but I don't understand.

& I know it has changed my google listing, because instead of my shop URL being http://www.violent-vanilla.co.uk/shop
It now reads:
http://www.violent-vanilla.co.uk/shop/?zenid=152e3a3e78a11cdfd38a9a90a445168f

You only have to search my site & I can see the difference.. The /shop URL has now gone :(

13 Jul 2009, 1:42 PM
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Re: Is this bad?

Kim:

Are you seeing the ZenID on every URL?

Hello,

Yes, I am seeing that on every URL... Including product pages.

13 Jul 2009, 1:46 PM
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Re: Is this bad?

I have just noticed that it has now changed to "?zenid=152e3a3e78a11cdfd38a9a90a445168f"

13 Jul 2009, 1:52 PM
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Re: Is this bad?

Yes, having the zenId on every URL is bad - you need to find out exactly what the hosting company changed. the zenId should only show once per session.

13 Jul 2009, 2:58 PM
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Re: Is this bad?

Kim:

Yes, having the zenId on every URL is bad
If Google is also picking this zenid up then is this not a setting??

admin > config > sessions > Prevent Spider Sessions > set to "true"

13 Jul 2009, 3:50 PM
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Kim:

Yes, having the zenId on every URL is bad - you need to find out exactly what the hosting company changed. the zenId should only show once per session.

Ok, Thank you.

I shall contact them now & see what they say..

13 Jul 2009, 4:28 PM
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Re: Is this bad?

Could you turn off the SEO that you are using? It does not appear to be working right ...