I know that sometimes URLs have "utm_campaign" etc. and such appended to
record custom campaigns in analytics, but I too wasn't aware that the
analytics code messed with URLs at all. Could you share the analytics
snippet you use? I'd suspect it's some setting in there that causes this.

The one approach that comes to mind is just writing a script to trim links
post-GA. So something that selects all the ASP-looking links and removes
the offending parameters, or perhaps the query string entirely if that's
feasible.

Best,
Eric

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 11:58 AM Ranti Junus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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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