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<blockquote data-quote="Ink" data-source="post: 153484" data-attributes="member: 3"><p><strong>Good to Know:</strong> When copying links from your social feeds, remember to remove unwanted UTM Tags and Tracking parameters.</p><p></p><p><strong>Key Benefits:</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a cleaner, spam-free URL for readers of the post</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">removes the UTM tags and any trackers</li> </ul><p>Your social feeds often include unwanted parameters, that when posted elsewhere link back to where it was originally posted. Most of these parameters indicate where you, as the user clicked them from. A good tip is to clean these URLs before posting publicly. See the example below.</p><p></p><p>An ugly, cluttered URL:</p><p>[CODE]http://lifehacker.com/5804911/the-best-music-player-application-for-windows?utm_campaign=xxx_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=xxx[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>What information can be gathered?</p><p>The source of the URL was posted on LifeHacker's Facebook page, also may imply the user either visits or has a Facebook account.</p><p></p><p>So what can be removed? Everything after the direct link to the article.</p><p>[CODE]?utm_campaign=xxxx_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=xxxx[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>Will I still be visiting the same website/page? Simple answer, yes.</p><p>A clean, spam-free and direct URL:</p><p>[CODE]http://lifehacker.com/5804911/the-best-music-player-application-for-windows[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>Try and test this yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ink, post: 153484, member: 3"] [B]Good to Know:[/B] When copying links from your social feeds, remember to remove unwanted UTM Tags and Tracking parameters. [B]Key Benefits:[/B] [LIST] [*]a cleaner, spam-free URL for readers of the post [*]removes the UTM tags and any trackers [/LIST] Your social feeds often include unwanted parameters, that when posted elsewhere link back to where it was originally posted. Most of these parameters indicate where you, as the user clicked them from. A good tip is to clean these URLs before posting publicly. See the example below. An ugly, cluttered URL: [CODE]http://lifehacker.com/5804911/the-best-music-player-application-for-windows?utm_campaign=xxx_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=xxx[/CODE] What information can be gathered? The source of the URL was posted on LifeHacker's Facebook page, also may imply the user either visits or has a Facebook account. So what can be removed? Everything after the direct link to the article. [CODE]?utm_campaign=xxxx_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=xxxx[/CODE] Will I still be visiting the same website/page? Simple answer, yes. A clean, spam-free and direct URL: [CODE]http://lifehacker.com/5804911/the-best-music-player-application-for-windows[/CODE] Try and test this yourself. [/QUOTE]
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