Title: [Plugin: AddThis] Odd URL String
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: AddThis] Odd URL String

 *  [Jimmycodotcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimmycodotcom/)
 * (@jimmycodotcom)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-odd-url-string/)
 * I am getting odd behavior at the end of each URL, I know the AddThis plugin is
   causing it because I deactivated each to detemine that.
 * The problem: a cryptic sting is added to my URLS with Add This on them,
 * [http://www.armlsblog.com/2011/10/redfin-revisited#.TotGIaj0Trc](http://www.armlsblog.com/2011/10/redfin-revisited#.TotGIaj0Trc)
 * Notice the: **#.TotGIaj0Trc** part
    I think this is tracking, this is new with
   today’s plugin update.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/addthis/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/addthis/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [addthis_paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/addthis_paul/)
 * (@addthis_paul)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-odd-url-string/#post-2330663)
 * Do you have the “Track Address Bar Shares” checked in the Advanced tab of the
   AddThis plugin settings?
 *  Thread Starter [Jimmycodotcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimmycodotcom/)
 * (@jimmycodotcom)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-odd-url-string/#post-2330668)
 * Yep, well done. That was the issue.
 *  [Kjetil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjetilgf/)
 * (@kjetilgf)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-odd-url-string/#post-2330872)
 * Had the same issue – thanks for clearing things up
    What exactly does this tracking
   do? If you don’t mind… Kj
 *  [sweetroad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sweetroad/)
 * (@sweetroad)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-odd-url-string/#post-2330889)
 * I also had the same issue and only noticed it today. Thought I had been hacked!
   Thanks for the note, Paul; it solved it.
 *  Plugin Contributor [addthis_paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/addthis_paul/)
 * (@addthis_paul)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-odd-url-string/#post-2330924)
 * Address bar tracking lets you know how many times people return to your site 
   from folks copying the URL from the address bar and pasting it somewhere, such
   as email or IM conversations. We were surprised to discover that this is about
   ten times as many clicks as people who share to different services.
 *  [tomashmore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomashmore/)
 * (@tomashmore)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-odd-url-string/#post-2330927)
 * The thing is, whilst it may be a great tool, it looks incredibly unprofessional
   for website audiences. Personally I will be removing it until a better way is
   found to track this data.
 *  [T610](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t610/)
 * (@t610)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-addthis-odd-url-string/#post-2330998)
 * Great. Thanks for showing me how to sort this out. I am still very new to WordPress
   so these forums sure do help troubleshoot a lot of ‘issues’! 🙂
    _[ link removed]_

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