Comment on IP Geolocation Is Twenty-Five Years OldComments−imp0cat2yWhat's with the `?ref=sanjayparekh.com` query parameter? It's present on every link, is that some new tracking standard?−sanjayparekhOP2yHuh. Good question. Must be something Ghost added because I didn't do that manually. I'll have to take a look.−geraldhh2ybrowsers started to limit referrer info a few years ago, this might be a workaround.−imp0cat2yYeah it looks like that, but is this an official standard that's defined somewhere. I am not sure what to search for.−geraldhh2yhope this helpshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_refererhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Re...https://developer.chrome.com/blog/referrer-policy-new-chrome...
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What's with the `?ref=sanjayparekh.com` query parameter? It's present on every link, is that some new tracking standard?
Huh. Good question. Must be something Ghost added because I didn't do that manually. I'll have to take a look.
browsers started to limit referrer info a few years ago, this might be a workaround.
Yeah it looks like that, but is this an official standard that's defined somewhere. I am not sure what to search for.
hope this helps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referer
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Re...
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/referrer-policy-new-chrome...