Tickets :: Comment on [#10751] Automatically strip utm_* (urchin/google analytics) parameters from bookmarked URLs

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Comment	> Same as http://blog.pinboard.in/2011/06/war_on_urchin/ > > 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!
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