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ziq wrote (edited )

Reply to comment by !deleted8217 in Feature Requests by kano

I can't find any sites that use php parses, is there something in the url string to indicate it's a php parse rather than a tracking code? Then a parameter could be added to exclude php parses.

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willow wrote (edited )

there's no way to determine which query parameters are used by the site (all sites use them, not just PHP ones) and which are tracking parameters.

but a good start is to remove anything starting with 'utm' (Google trackers - Urchin Tag Manager) as well as 'gclid' (Google click identifier) and 'fbclid' (Facebook click identifier). i imagine there's a list of these somewhere on the Internet that could be used.

edit: for the reason why you can't just remove them all, consider that even Raddle uses query parameters: https://raddle.me/?next%5Bid%5D=118106

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ziq wrote

Looks like youtube uses them too, so scrap this request.

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willow wrote

i think it's still a reasonable idea to remove known trackers. the UTM ones for example are often used in commercial mailing lists where a unique identifier is sent to every user, so the company can determine who clicked or shared the link.

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