volpe/posts/drafts/remove-tracking-params-from-links.md

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  • you should be removing tracking information from all of your links.

parts of a url:

https://www.example.com:443/products/shoes?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=summer_sale&fbclid=abc123#reviews
Protocol How to communicate with the server (https is encrypted, http is not)
Subdomain A subdivision of the main domain, often used for different services
Domain The human-readable name that identifies the website
TLD Top-Level Domain, the suffix like .com, .org, or .net
Port Network port number (443 is default for HTTPS, 80 for HTTP)
Path The specific page or resource location on the server
Query Params Key-value pairs that pass data to the page  often used for tracking
Fragment Links to a specific section within the page (not sent to server)

explain what each part does

explain why a website would want to use query parameters

teach that tech companies then started to use that information to track how users use their websites

explain why that is a bad thing for privacy, and personal life

give example of tracking links and how to protect against them