Andrew, When you get an email notification from BaT, it’s got metadata embedded in the link that identifies you and your connection with BaT so that when it’s clicked on they know it was you who “clicked back”.
If you click on a BaT link that you got in an email notification from them, there’s a bunch of additional metadata on the end of the link. Click on one and look at the address field in your browser. Open another browser window or tab, and navigate directly to BaT and search for the auction they sent you the link for. Once you get there, look at the address in the browser window now. A lot shorter, eh? This is how they gather metrics to see how effective an email campaign is, or what auctions are getting the most attention from members, for example. Just another way that Big Brother is looking over your shoulder. -D > On Jun 12, 2021, at 11:22 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kindly explain, Mitch. > > On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 10:30 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2021-06-12 21:09, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >>> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1978-mercedes-benz-300sd-3/ >> >> I used to complain about the BAT UTM tracking that Andrew left on his >> links, but at least he didn't include facebook tracking crap. >> >> Anyway, wasn't that car about $25-26k new? >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
