Summary | Automatically strip utm_* (urchin/google analytics) parameters from bookmarked URLs |
Queue | Trean |
Type | Enhancement |
State | Resolved |
Priority | 1. Low |
Owners | chuck (at) horde (dot) org |
Requester | chuck (at) horde (dot) org |
Created | 11/12/2011 (5038 days ago) |
Due | |
Updated | 12/21/2012 (4633 days ago) |
Assigned | |
Resolved | 12/21/2012 (4633 days ago) |
Milestone | |
Patch | No |
State ⇒ Resolved
commit f503d3d05ea995a47361b7213fe042797016e6c0
Author: Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck@horde.org>
Date: Fri Dec 21 00:59:54 2012 -0500
Strip utm_ parameters from incoming bookmarks, and provide a
script to strip them from already-saved bookmarks (
Request #10751)trean/bin/trean-backfill-remove-utm-params | 28
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
trean/docs/CHANGES | 2 ++
trean/lib/Url.php | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
trean/package.xml | 2 ++
trean/templates/add.html.php | 2 +-
5 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
http://git.horde.org/horde-git/-/commit/f503d3d05ea995a47361b7213fe042797016e6c0
Priority ⇒ 1. Low
Patch ⇒ No
Milestone ⇒
Queue ⇒ Trean
Summary ⇒ Automatically strip utm_* (urchin/google analytics) parameters from bookmarked URLs
Type ⇒ Enhancement
State ⇒ New
War on Urchin!
If you've ever clicked an article in your RSS reader or Twitter
stream, you may have noticed an unsightly query string clinging to the
end of your URL like shit to a sneaker:
http://www.example.com/chromebook-series-5-review/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weblogsinc%2Fengadget+%28Engadget%29
These parameters are used for tracking by a Google product called
Urchin. There are five of them (term, campaign, media, source and
content) and they are just another one of the malicious effects of URL
shortening. When everyone is passing around shortened links, it's
easier to add this kind of cruft to the fully-expanded URLs without
anyone caring much.
Today I finally started stripping utm_* query parameters from all URLs
arriving in Pinboard. They create needless URL bloat, erode user
privacy, make it more difficult to identify duplicate content, and
benefit ad publishers at the expense of everyone else. Out they go!
It will take me a little while to make this change retroactive, so
some users may see what appear to be duplicate bookmarks show up in
their account. Please rest assured that these will disappear as I work
my way backwards through the database.
Soon: death to URL shorteners!