#Srware iron sync install

Right-click on the Neat URL button and select preferences. If we want to block the 'snr' parameter, we need to set up a custom rule for it. Here's another URL (from my email) that has a tracker. This is very useful for filtering content that you want to remove, especially from specific domains. But it offers us a way to add custom parameters. While Neat URL trims most of the common tracking terms from the URLs, it doesn't include all words by default. utm_source, utm_RSSfeed or whatever the link contained. This will remove anything that includes 'utm_' in the URL. The above link for example was trimmed because of the following rule. Neat URL uses a parameter based system that is used to detect and remove unwanted content from links. The second one is useful for marketing reasons: to show the direction/origin of the traffic (direct link, Google, etc.). The first parameter tells the website where I visited the page from, in this case an RSS Feed. many URLs have a ? which is followed by a random string that's used for trackingĪnd here's the Neat URL version of the same.Ĭan you spot the differences between the two links? The second URL has been trimmed, it is missing the content after the ?, in this case these attributes: 'utm_source' and 'utm_medium'. The icon displays a badge on it that represents the number of trackers that were trimmed from the URL.Īll tracking URLs use certain patterns. You can click on the button to disable the add-on at anytime.

#Srware iron sync install

Install Neat URL and its icon appears on the toolbar. This is why you should use something like ClearURLs or Neat URL. While extensions like uBlock Origin (and the ad filters) help prevent most trackers, they don't clean the tracking elements from 'normal' URLs. That's quite a privacy risk, but URL based tracking can be reduced with the help of some add-ons. When you click on them the website will know the source, i.e. While sites may get the info from the referrer header value as well, it is possible to block this in the browser so that it is not submitted.Įmail newsletters are another medium in which such links are used casually. 'somewebsite' since it was the referrer).Â The same can be said about Google, Twitter, Facebook, Shopping websites, Blogs, etc. This will take you to, but when this data is sent to the server, the site will know which page you visited, and which website you came from (for e.g.