New addition to Keyword-Rich URL's?

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   I just completed the upgrade to v4.6.   I notice that when I load product pages now there's an additional number of characters being appended to the keyword-rich URL.

For example, the URL:
http://www.treklightgear.com/catalog/pc/The-Bindle-Pack-19p873.htm

Now loads as:
http://www.treklightgear.com/catalog/pc/The-Bindle-Pack-19p873.htm#.UKWKf4aQPxc

This happens for every product in my store as far as I can tell, but not for category pages.

What is this new code?   It doesn't seem to be any help from an SEO perspective and makes it much uglier when customers are trying to share URL's.

Thanks in advance.

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TrekLightGear Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24-April-2007 Location: Boulder, CO Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote TrekLightGear Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: New addition to Keyword-Rich URL's? Posted: 15-November-2012 at 7:45pm
	I just completed the upgrade to v4.6. I notice that when I load product pages now there's an additional number of characters being appended to the keyword-rich URL. For example, the URL: http://www.treklightgear.com/catalog/pc/The-Bindle-Pack-19p873.htm Now loads as: http://www.treklightgear.com/catalog/pc/The-Bindle-Pack-19p873.htm#.UKWKf4aQPxc This happens for every product in my store as far as I can tell, but not for category pages. What is this new code? It doesn't seem to be any help from an SEO perspective and makes it much uglier when customers are trying to share URL's. Thanks in advance.

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15-November-2012 at 8:21pm
	That's coming from AddThis; it's not a ProductCart thing. I'm not really diggin' it either, but just haven't had time to look into it yet.

TrekLightGear Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24-April-2007 Location: Boulder, CO Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote TrekLightGear Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15-November-2012 at 8:36pm
	Thanks Sean - I just looked into it and found the answer here: http://support.addthis.com/customer/portal/questions/515747-removing-characters-at-end-of-url I made the change and it took care of the issue, thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

Greg Dinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg Dinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15-November-2012 at 9:01pm
	It is a tracking code. I got stung on that sucker a few months ago and spend a good part of a day before I discovered the source and was able to remove it.

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16-November-2012 at 1:59pm
	Thanks for the 411, Seth. I've been meaning to look into that for some time ... but there's never enough time in a day for everything, right! Guess that's what communities are for ;-) I'm sure lots of folks will be curious about this.