Bob Bridges wrote:

>I routinely discard the last part of a URL if it looks like that, not

>because I'm mean and suspicious but just for brevity. For example,

>some interesting articles I read and pass on have links that end it

>"...?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us"; the link works just fine without

>it.

 

Right, those utm_xxxx query strings are Urchin Tracking Module values, used by 
the site to track traffic across sites. Those are always removable.

 

There are browser plug-ins that strip the safe-to-remove values, and mostly get 
it right.


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