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Admin: Created page with '''Acronym''. '''U'''niform '''R'''esource '''L'''ocator. A '''URL''' is another word for '''Web Site Address''' and most commonly begins with: * http:// ''or'' * https:// '''U...'

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Created page with '''Acronym''. '''U'''niform '''R'''esource '''L'''ocator. A '''URL''' is another word for '''Web Site Address''' and most commonly begins with: * http:// ''or'' * https:// '''U...'

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''Acronym''. '''U'''niform '''R'''esource '''L'''ocator.

A '''URL''' is another word for '''Web Site Address''' and most commonly begins with:

* http:// ''or''
* https://

'''URL'''s provide a universal way of locating web pages (and other types of information) on the '''World Wide Web'''.

=Anatomy of a URL=
[[File:http://static.kent.glucose/sites/conversion/setup/URL-Parts.png|left]]
The parts of a URL are:
* Protocol
* Host
* Path
* Query String
* Fragment

==Protocol==
The protocol determines how a web browser communicates with another computer on the internet. The most popular protocol is [[Protocol:http|http]], then [[Protocol:https|https]]. Other common protocols are [[Protocol:ftp|ftp]], [[Protocol:file|file]], [[Protocol:news|news]], and rarely, [[Protocol:gopher|gopher]].

The protocol [[Protocol:mailto|mailto]] is used in web browsers to specify an email address which usually launches an email client.

==Host==
A web site domain name, or an [[IP Address]]. When this is a name, it ends with .com, .org, or .net, or your country's suffix.

A browser uses [[DNS]] to look up a name and turns it into an [[IP Address|IP address]], which is a number which identifies the computer (or computers) which hold your web site files.

==Path==
<pre>
/index.html /css/styles.css /images/logo.gif
</pre>
The path is usually a file name relative to a directory on your web server, and identifies which page (or image, or script, etc.) that the browser should load.

==Query String==
The query string appears after the path (if any) and is identified by the first question mark “?” in the '''URL'''.

'''Query string'''s got their name because they are typically used by your web server to make queries to a database or other storage system.

What follows is what is called a list of "name-value pairs" separated by the equals character “=”. Multiple name-value pairs are then separated by the ampersand character “&”.

For example, a common URL you will see is a Google search '''URL''' which breaks down as follows:

http://www.google.com/search?q=ROI+Tracking&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Name|Value
q|ROI Tracking
rls|org.mozilla:en-US:official
client|firefox-a

The name-value pairs are specific to a web site, but an interesting property of them is that you can add additional "unique" query string parameters and it has no effect on the page displayed.

[[ConversionRuler]] uses '''Query Strings''' to attach extra information to a standard '''URL''' to categorize inbound traffic.

In rare occasions, changing a query string may cause problems on a web site. In these cases, [[ConversionRuler]] can use the '''Fragment''' portion of the '''URL''' to categorize inbound traffic.

The following example pages all show the same page. The site ignores the query string parameters it does not know:
<pre>
http://www.example.com/
http://www.example.com/?heres_a_name=and_a_value
http://www.example.com/?heres_a_name=and_a_value&and_another_name=and_another_value
</pre>

==Fragment==
The fragment appears after the '''Query String''' (if any) and is identified by the first hash (or pound mark) # in the '''URL'''.

'''Fragments''' are intended to specify a particular section of the page to be displayed and brought to the top of the browser window.

'''Fragment''' names are specific to a page on a site, but an interesting property of them is that specifying unknown fragments is ignored:
<pre>
http://www.example.com/
http://www.example.com/#heres_a_fragment
http://www.example.com/#heres_another_fragment
</pre>
'''ConversionRuler''' can use '''Fragments''' to attach extra information to a standard URL to categorize inbound traffic.

Note that using a '''Fragment''' to categorize inbound traffic only works with the Javascript [[Tracking Snippet]], and will not be tracked by browsers which do not support [[JavaScript]].

=Synonyms for URL=
* Web Site Address
* Web Link
* URI
* Link

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 The protocol determines how a web browser communicates with another computer on the internet. The most popular protocol is [[HTTP]], then [[Protocol:HTTPS|HTTPS]]. Other common protocols are [[FTP]], [[File (Protocol)|File]], [[News (Protocol)|News]], and rarely, [[Gopher (Protocol)|Gopher]].
-The protocol [[Protocol:mailto|mailto]] is used in web browsers to specify an email address which usually launches an email client.
+The protocol [[mailto (Protocol)|mailto]] is used in web browsers to specify an email address which usually launches an email client.
 ==Host==

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 ==Protocol==
-The protocol determines how a web browser communicates with another computer on the internet. The most popular protocol is [[Protocol:HTTP|HTTP]], then [[Protocol:HTTPS|HTTPS]]. Other common protocols are [[Protocol:FTP|FTP]], [[Protocol:File|File]], [[Protocol:News|News]], and rarely, [[Protocol:Gopher|Gopher]].
+The protocol determines how a web browser communicates with another computer on the internet. The most popular protocol is [[HTTP]], then [[Protocol:HTTPS|HTTPS]]. Other common protocols are [[FTP]], [[File (Protocol)|File]], [[News (Protocol)|News]], and rarely, [[Gopher (Protocol)|Gopher]].
 The protocol [[Protocol:mailto|mailto]] is used in web browsers to specify an email address which usually launches an email client.

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		+	A '''Host''' is also called a '''[[Domain Name]]'''.
		+
	A web site domain name, or an [[IP Address]]. When this is a name, it ends with .com, .org, or .net, or your country's suffix.		A web site domain name, or an [[IP Address]]. When this is a name, it ends with .com, .org, or .net, or your country's suffix.

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	[[Category:Web development]]		[[Category:Web development]]
	[[Category:Technical]]		[[Category:Technical]]
		+	[[Category:Glossary]]

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	* URI		* URI
	* Link		* Link
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		+	[[Category:Acronym]]
		+	[[Category:Web development]]
		+	[[Category:Technical]]

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 [[ConversionRuler]] uses '''Query Strings''' to attach extra information to a standard '''URL''' to categorize inbound traffic.
-In rare occasions, changing a query string may cause problems on a web site. In these cases, [[ConversionRuler]] can use the '''Fragment''' portion of the '''URL''' to categorize inbound traffic.
+On rare occasions, changing a query string may cause problems on a web site. In these cases, [[ConversionRuler]] can use the '''Fragment''' portion of the '''URL''' to categorize inbound traffic.
 The following example pages all show the same page. The site ignores the query string parameters it does not know:

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 http://www.google.com/search?q=ROI+Tracking&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
-Name|Value
+{|align="left" cellpadding="4" style="margin-right: 10px; border: 1px solid black;"
-q|ROI Tracking
+!Name
-rls|org.mozilla:en-US:official
+!Value
-client|firefox-a
+|-
 The name-value pairs are specific to a web site, but an interesting property of them is that you can add additional "unique" query string parameters and it has no effect on the page displayed.
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 [[Category:Technical]]
 [[Category:Glossary]]

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 =Anatomy of a URL=
-[[File:http://static.kent.glucose/sites/conversion/setup/URL-Parts.png|left]]
+[[File:URL-Parts.png|noframe|center]]
 The parts of a URL are:
 * Protocol