Links in blog lead to right site but wrong address

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  trixpin1 · Member · Mar 11, 2014 at 8:58 pm

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  Hi,
  Firstly, thanks in advance for looking at this! I feel I’ve asked a lot of questions recently and am so grateful for all the support :)

  My site’s http://www.mercurialmonds.com. Here’s my problem:

  I have a link to a website in my latest blog post; the link I entered is: “www.berries.com”. When I click through to follow the link it takes me to the website, but the search bar has loads of extra stuff after the original address. It now says “http://www.berries.com/?clickid=skim725X1313366X33462ed673edf48001f7ff77b0271834&cvosrc=affiliate.cj.3662453.”

  How do I get rid of the extra stuff and just keep the original web address?

  Thank you!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Mar 11, 2014 at 9:03 pm

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  That’s an affiliate link. Please read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/

  WordPress.com allows bloggers to insert text affiliate links within post and page content to most third-party affiliate programs, provided they are not the primary content of the site in question.

  Image affiliate links in posts and pages and any affiliate links in widget areas, are still considered to be advertising and are not allowed on WordPress.com blogs.

  If you need more clarity then type modlook into the sidebar for a Staff response and subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond.

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  trixpin1 · Member · Mar 11, 2014 at 9:06 pm

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  That’s so helpful, thank you! I wasn’t so worried myself, but the site owner was …

  Thanks so much for the amazingly quick reply too :)

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  timethief · Member · Mar 11, 2014 at 9:07 pm

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  You will find there are many folks who want to get their paid affiliate links on your site. Be cautious.