diff --git a/scripts/core/url.js b/scripts/core/url.js
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+++ b/scripts/core/url.js
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+const normalize = require('normalize-url')
+
+const url = {}
+
+url.normalize = function (string) {
+  const normalized = normalize(string, { stripWWW: false })
+
+  return decodeURIComponent(normalized).replace(/\s/g, '+')
+}
+
+module.exports = url