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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
