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It's possible it can be used for other things however, so it's a slippery slope. I block them anyway but maybe not default?
by sodality2 6y ago
It's possible it can be used for other things however, so it's a slippery slope. I block them anyway but maybe not default?
- IgorPartola 6y agoConversely, if you know that using utm_ parameters will break for a large number of your users, you just won’t use it, no?
- michaelmior 6y agoThis is a fair point. At this point, it's unlikely to break anything. But if it became the default, then any sites that do use them for something important would likely stop. Although there's nothing preventing sites from just renaming these parameters and modifying tracking code to keep tracking anyway.
- rakoo 6y agoIt's still used only for tracking only, so I'd say it's the right time to block them by default before they start being used for something else.
- michaelmior 6y agoI've seen some sites that use those parameters to activate specific features on a landing page for example. Pretty rare, but it does happen.
- freeAgent 5y agoMost of the technologies used to track people on the web have other uses as well, so this isn’t a unique case.