Ahhh that's making more sense! Thanks for tracking that down.

Speaking of tracking, let's hear it for tracking those pesky users across domains!


> On Sep 30, 2015, at 3:09 PM, Jason Bengtson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> For cross domain tracking I believe you have to set the functions for
> appending cookie data to the url yourself, so they should be in your GA
> javascript someplace. There's a special method they have to make it easier.
> There's more information here:
> https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cross-domain
> 
> Best regards,
> *Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA*
> Innovation Architect
> 
> 
> *Houston Academy of MedicineThe Texas Medical Center Library*
> 1133 John Freeman Blvd
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> http://library.tmc.edu/
> www.jasonbengtson.com
> 
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 1:57 PM, 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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