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AZJonnie

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1. The only part of the link you need is this, FYI
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 03:45 PM
Jan 6

You can nearly-always (esp. with public websites) remove all text after the ? in the URL and it still works. That junk is just tracking info to tell the site "where the visitor came from"

https://www.amazon.com/MOYEE-Halloween-Chrismas-Cosplay-Costume/dp/B0FN3VGKY8/ref=sr_1_24

In this case you came to Amazon from Amazon:

ref=sr_1_24 – You clicked this item from a search results (sr) page where it was result #24 in that list.
keywords=latex+masks+for+adults – Your search query on Amazon that produced the results.
qid=1767730354 – An internal query ID; lets Amazon tie this click to a specific search session and timestamp.
crid=3COUWYYNGQQKM – A customer/request ID for that result set; used to group your impressions/clicks.
sr=8-24 – You were on page 8 of the search results and clicked the 24th listing.
dib=... & dib_tag=se – Encrypted tracking blob + a tag indicating how the link was built/served (e.g., search experience / experiment bucket).

Not a big deal of course, but if we all hit the site with that link? Amazon is gonna think *you* are REEEEALLY interested in buying a latex mask, and perhaps you'll start seeing a lot of ads for similar products, when you visit other sites even

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