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Re: Sale announcements (Was Beware more SPAM...)
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:38:16 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.general, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > [...]
> > Here is a link on Amazon (You will probably have to cut and paste it).
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/156592388X/lugnet/qid=970005719/sr=8-1/r
> > ef=aps_sr_b_1_3/103-8941985-1703832
> > [...]
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> Amazon.com URL-hacking tip: You can safely delete the qid= and sr= stuff as
> well as the session-ID at the end. "qid=" stands for (I think) "query ID" and
> the "ref=" is the referring category on their website (not a referring
> associate ID or anything important). So, in other words, you can simply write
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> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/156592388X
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> or
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> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/156592388X/lugnet
Ahhh... Thanks Todd. And thats pretty snazy with the first link getting the
"LUGNET" added to it through your URL forwarding software (Sorry if thats not
the right terminology for it but that is what it appears to be to me).
I will keep it in mind for future referance.
Thanks,
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
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| (...) Amazon.com URL-hacking tip: You can safely delete the qid= and sr= stuff as well as the session-ID at the end. "qid=" stands for (I think) "query ID" and the "ref=" is the referring category on their website (not a referring associate ID or (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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