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FYI - providing links could be cleaner.

AccipiterAccipiter
edited May 2011 in Off-Topic
see how this lengthy link interferes with the category selection on the right (at least in my browser)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/CNBC-Anchor-Mark-Haines-Dies-cnbc-639352754.html;_ylt=AjXQBPW1.q5gp6rgAb_y6KK7YWsA;_ylu=X3oDMTE1YmpkZjhxBHBvcwM1BHNlYwN0b3BTdG9yaWVzBHNsawNjbmJjYW5jaG9ybWE-?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=2&asset=&ccode=

9 times out of ten (no regression analysis done) but

you can generally just provide the link up to the semi-colon (without the unnecessary tracking baggage)

see these two discussions for examples of lengthy links (these 2 links need the info after question mark)
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/index.php?p=/discussion/532/cnbc-anchor-mark-haines-dies-unexpectedly-at-65/p1

http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/index.php?p=/discussion/533/bond-funds-vs-individual-bonds-slightly-ot/p1

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as an example of one of the previous links posted.-
BEFORE
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/CNBC-Anchor-Mark-Haines-Dies-cnbc-639352754.html;_ylt=AjXQBPW1.q5gp6rgAb_y6KK7YWsA;_ylu=X3oDMTE1YmpkZjhxBHBvcwM1BHNlYwN0b3BTdG9yaWVzBHNsawNjbmJjYW5jaG9ybWE-?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=2&asset=&ccode=

AFTER
can be more cleanly linked and easier to read link as
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/CNBC-Anchor-Mark-Haines-Dies-cnbc-639352754.html
and will go to the same place.

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also up to the question mark on many links to news articles, etc. (if there is a lot of nonsense after it), but not always the case if it has necessary parameters.
You can clip something and try it.

BEFORE
http://think.zionsdirect.com/2011/05/25/a-tale-of-two-strategies-bond-funds-vs-individual-bonds/?utm_source=ym_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=article_1&utm_campaign=2011_05_25_newsletter

AFTER

http://think.zionsdirect.com/2011/05/25/a-tale-of-two-strategies-bond-funds-vs-individual-bonds/



but then again its easier to copy and paste without clean-up and you may not want to go to the trouble.
Future links will show if anybody read this message and wants to go to the trouble.

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  • catch22catch22
    Howdy,

    First............appreciate all of your efforts.

    But, I am still spending my free time trying to dig through the long threads to discover where the newest post may be located.

    Regards,
    Catch
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