I'm intrigued by this cross-browsing thing. Is the additional string of
characters added because the outgoing link becomes something like
http://search.alexanderstreet.com.ezproxy.yourlibrary.edu/ which looks like
the same domain as your library?

(sorry I have no answer on your original query)


ranti.

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Laura Krier <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> So, I've determined that this is related to cross-browser tracking, but I
> still can't figure out why it continues to append the linker parameter to
> external sites. Anyone else using cross-browser tracking? The mystery
> deepens...
>
> Laura
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 11:42 AM Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > GA doesn't do that AFAIK. might be your proxy server.
> >
> >
> > Eric Hellman
> > President, Free Ebook Foundation
> > Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/
> > http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/
> > twitter: @gluejar
> >
> > > On Sep 30, 2015, at 1:47 PM, Laura Krier <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey folks,
> > > I'm hoping someone else on this list has experienced this and might
> have
> > > some ideas for me. We use Google Analytics on our website, catalog, and
> > our
> > > discovery system. GA appends a string of characters to the end of URLs
> > when
> > > you leave a site, and while this plays fine with most of our
> e-resources,
> > > it breaks Alexander Street Press's link resolver system.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else noticed this? Any ideas how to resolve this? I'm
> talking
> > > with the folks at ASP but they have never heard of this.
> > >
> > > Laura
> >
>



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