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  1. Comment on Congressional candidate in Virginia admits he's a pedophile in ~news

    phire
    Link Parent
    Banning "utm=" or "utm*=" from urls is not the correct way to go about link canonicalization. What if some site legitimately has "utm=" in it's url not related to urchin and removing it destroys...

    Banning "utm=" or "utm*=" from urls is not the correct way to go about link canonicalization.

    What if some site legitimately has "utm=" in it's url not related to urchin and removing it destroys the link? Your simple javascript doesn't even check the "utm=" is in the query string, so it will match URLs like https://example.com/blog/what_are_those_utm=_parameters_you_see_in_urls.html and mutilate it to https://example.com/blog/what_are_those_

    The correct way is to look for the <link href="url" rel="canonical"> tag in the <head> of the page, which will point you at the canonical url without any tracking links. Most large sites include these for SEO reasons.

    If there is no canonical tag, then I think some process of repeatably removing url query strings, loading the page and checking the correct content still loads could work.

  2. Comment on Potential PS4 line up for the E3 conference in ~games

    phire
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    I call bullshit. The list is missing any kind of (unannounced) new IP, making it read more like a wishlist than something realistic. Sony almost always teases some kind of new IP at E3.

    I call bullshit.

    The list is missing any kind of (unannounced) new IP, making it read more like a wishlist than something realistic.

    Sony almost always teases some kind of new IP at E3.

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