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Old 06-10-2022, 09:10 AM   #5986
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But yeah, I'm with you. I'd rather sloppy but working URLs be shared than being afraid to post because it doesn't meet someone else's high standards.
One reason to clean up Amazon links is in case you have a referrer in the URL that's not MR. It's very easy for someone to post a link that has a referrer. I don't know if MR can add their referrer is there already is a referrer.
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Old 06-10-2022, 11:34 AM   #5987
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Eric - Terry Pratchett is .99 at Amazon and Kobo today

Amazon: [URL="https://www.amazon.com/Eric-Discworld-Unseen-University-Collection-ebook/dp/B00GU32WNY[/URL]
One of his best in my opinion.
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Old 06-10-2022, 04:48 PM   #5988
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One reason to clean up Amazon links is in case you have a referrer in the URL that's not MR. It's very easy for someone to post a link that has a referrer. I don't know if MR can add their referrer is there already is a referrer.
The phpBB plugins that do that automatically strip out existing referrers and replace it, so that's not an issue. And you also proved quite nicely that even someone who understands URLs (I worked as a sysadmin before being disabled and have a degree in computer science) can't always de-bloat them properly. Basically you proved my point for me far better than I did.

Could you stop for once?
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Old 06-11-2022, 12:02 AM   #5989
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Could you stop for once?
Oh man, I was carrying a Nook in my pocket with no cover while shopping for cheap USB-C cables. He let me have it!
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Old 06-11-2022, 09:55 AM   #5990
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https://www.amazon.com/Eric-Discworld-Unseen-University-Collection-ebook/dp/B00GU32WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3AQ9C1DHV534B&keywords=eric+pratch ett&qid=1654552106&sprefix=eric+pratchett%2Caps%2C 228&sr=8-1
When cleaned up becomes...

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GU32WNY
But that requires a (normal) user KNOW how a store parse the link to shorten it.
I know it needs to be done.
I know the store
I know the ASIN (or ISBN)
what is that 'dp' in the url for? . Ya hav to kno
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Old 06-11-2022, 10:06 AM   #5991
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Old 06-11-2022, 10:13 AM   #5992
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But that requires a (normal) user KNOW how a store parse the link to shorten it.
I know it needs to be done.
I know the store
I know the ASIN (or ISBN)
what is that 'dp' in the url for? . Ya hav to kno
No idea what the dp is for. But it's needed.
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Old 06-11-2022, 10:54 AM   #5993
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I would guess it stands for direct product page.

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But that requires a (normal) user KNOW how a store parse the link to shorten it.
I know it needs to be done.
I know the store
I know the ASIN (or ISBN)
what is that 'dp' in the url for? . Ya hav to kno
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Old 06-11-2022, 11:05 AM   #5994
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I would guess it stands for direct product page.

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I would think all Amazon would need is the ASIN. The dp is not really needed.

What I want to know is why all the rubbish in an Amazon URL when you search for something.
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Old 06-11-2022, 11:49 AM   #5995
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What I want to know is why all the rubbish in an Amazon URL when you search for something.
Maybe you should ask Amazon.
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Old 06-11-2022, 12:02 PM   #5996
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I would think all Amazon would need is the ASIN. The dp is not really needed.

What I want to know is why all the rubbish in an Amazon URL when you search for something.
Some of it is the search, some of it might be spyware.
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Old 06-11-2022, 12:07 PM   #5997
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Because they take your search terms and turn them into a url. That is how relational databases work. E.G. calibre

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I would think all Amazon would need is the ASIN. The dp is not really needed.

What I want to know is why all the rubbish in an Amazon URL when you search for something.
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Old 06-11-2022, 12:11 PM   #5998
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Because they take your search terms and turn them into a url. That is how relational databases work. E.G. calibre

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That's not what JSWolf meant.

Compare this cleaned-up search url:
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https://www.amazon.com/s?k=master+of+djinn
with this one generated by Amazon when you enter something in the search box on the homepage:
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https://www.amazon.com/s?k=master+of+djinn&crid=10O1WCZWOIVLD&sprefix=master+of+djinn%2Caps%2C254&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
Both lead to the same results page.
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Old 06-11-2022, 12:43 PM   #5999
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You just proved my point. The first url is done by entering the tern "peter grant" in teh amazon search bar in PRIVATE mode.
Code:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=peter+grant&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
This one is entering the same terms using regular mode and signed in to amazon.

Code:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=peter+grant&crid=2KTKAGPO6WC5Q&sprefix=peter+grant%2Caps%2C89&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
The extra is amazon keeping track of your search history.

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That's not what JSWolf meant.

Compare this cleaned-up search url:
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https://www.amazon.com/s?k=master+of+djinn
with this one generated by Amazon when you enter something in the search box on the homepage:
Code:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=master+of+djinn&crid=10O1WCZWOIVLD&sprefix=master+of+djinn%2Caps%2C254&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
Both lead to the same results page.
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You just proved my point. The first url is done by entering the tern "peter grant" in teh amazon search bar in PRIVATE mode.
Code:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=peter+grant&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
This one is entering the same terms using regular mode and signed in to amazon.

Code:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=peter+grant&crid=2KTKAGPO6WC5Q&sprefix=peter+grant%2Caps%2C89&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
The extra is amazon keeping track of your search history.

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This is boring as all hell! I'll come back in a week or so.
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