https://example.com/article
After LinkCleanhttps://example.com/article?id=42
ysclid
What is ysclid in a URL?
What ysclid is
Click a result on Yandex and the address you land on can end in ?ysclid= followed by a short string of letters and digits. The site you are visiting did not put it there. Yandex added it on the way out, the same way Google Ads adds gclid and Microsoft adds msclkid.
The value is unique to the click. A site running Yandex Metrica can read it and attribute the visit to Yandex Search.
ysclid, yclid and ymclid
Three Yandex parameters look alike. yclid is the click ID for Yandex Direct, the ad platform. ymclid belongs to Yandex Market. ysclid is the one that appears on results from Yandex Search itself. LinkClean removes all three.
How LinkClean removes it
Default-on and global: the name is specific enough to Yandex that it is stripped on any host. AdGuard's tracking-parameter filter, Brave and Firefox's tracking protection remove it too.
Frequently asked
Is ysclid safe to remove?
Yes. It is read by analytics, not by the page. The address works the same without it.
Is ysclid the same as yclid?
No. yclid comes from Yandex Direct ads. ysclid comes from a click on a Yandex Search result.
Why does a link someone sent me have ysclid on it?
Because they found the page through Yandex and copied the address after clicking. The identifier from their click travelled with the link.
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