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minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·29 days agoThe trick is knowing which parameters are the necessary ones, and which are for tracking.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·29 days ago general: utm_source Instagram: igsh YouTube: si Just delete that shit. Please add more, people who knows of others!
minus-squareKrzd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-229 days agoEverything after and including the ? is unnecessary. 99.9% of the time you can delete that shit (Except for YouTube, cause why the fuck should things be easy)
minus-squareshoki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·29 days agofor youtube you can remove everything starting from the first &. it just needs the v=zBGlI4DKlL4 parameter
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoUnless you’re sharing a playlist
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·29 days agoI mean, this is obviously a generalization. Search parameters have a legitimate use. But they are abused, of course.
minus-squarecarpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoGift article links are the exception. Unfortunately they tend to come with a utm_source that needs removing.
minus-squareBlackPenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoYa the fact YouTube hasn’t built the ID into the URL by now is crazy. Even porn sites do this.
The trick is knowing which parameters are the necessary ones, and which are for tracking.
utm_sourceigshsiJust delete that shit. Please add more, people who knows of others!
Everything after and including the ? is unnecessary. 99.9% of the time you can delete that shit (Except for YouTube, cause why the fuck should things be easy)
for youtube you can remove everything starting from the first
&. it just needs thev=zBGlI4DKlL4parameterUnless you’re sharing a playlist
I mean, this is obviously a generalization. Search parameters have a legitimate use. But they are abused, of course.
Gift article links are the exception. Unfortunately they tend to come with a utm_source that needs removing.
Ya the fact YouTube hasn’t built the ID into the URL by now is crazy. Even porn sites do this.