AddThis Component Modifying URL ?
I'm observing some behavior from the AddThis widget on one of my sites.
If I navigate to http://www.eventrfp.com/Destination/Detail/281/chicago, I see "#.UBmbRrSJfw1" gets appended to the end of the URL. If I remove the AddThis component, this behavior goes away.
Yet I notice on other sites that use the component, this is not the case.
Is this a known issue, and is it documented anywhere? This is a potential problem from an SEO standpoint.
Thanks for any tips.
Looks like you've enabled address bar tracking which appends those parameters to your URL. They're there so that we can collect analytics when someone copies the URL out of the address bar instead of going through our sharing tool. It shouldn't affect people linking to your site and can provide insight into what content is the most popular on your site.
If they're not wanted or are causing issues, you're free to disable address bark sharing tracking. Just adjust your addthis_config variable like this:
<script type="text/javascript">
var addthis_config = addthis_config||{};
addthis_config.data_track_addressbar = false;
</script>
More information about address bar sharing analytics is available here: http://www.addthis.com/help/address-bar-sharing-analytics
If they're not wanted or are causing issues, you're free to disable address bark sharing tracking. Just adjust your addthis_config variable like this:
<script type="text/javascript">
var addthis_config = addthis_config||{};
addthis_config.data_track_addressbar = false;
</script>
More information about address bar sharing analytics is available here: http://www.addthis.com/help/address-bar-sharing-analytics
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