diff --git a/adapters.json b/adapters.json
index 73f6441ed8f..b0e5e41d1a9 100644
--- a/adapters.json
+++ b/adapters.json
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     "aol",
     "appnexus",
     "appnexusAst",
-    "fan",
     "indexExchange",
     "kruxlink",
     "openx",
diff --git a/src/ajax.js b/src/ajax.js
index e8e4cd29f1d..0e74772a81a 100644
--- a/src/ajax.js
+++ b/src/ajax.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import {parse as parseURL, format as formatURL} from './url';
+
 /**
  * Simple cross-browser ajax request function
  * https://gist.github.com/Xeoncross/7663273
@@ -7,10 +9,12 @@
  * @param url string url
  * @param callback object callback
  * @param data mixed data
- * @param x null Ajax request
+ * @param options object
  */
 
-export const ajax = function ajax(url, callback, data, x = null) {
+export const ajax = function ajax(url, callback, data, options = {}) {
+  let x;
+
   try {
     if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
       x = new window.XMLHttpRequest('MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0');
@@ -20,17 +24,22 @@ export const ajax = function ajax(url, callback, data, x = null) {
       x = new window.ActiveXObject('MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0');
     }
 
+    const method = options.method || (data ? 'POST' : 'GET');
+
+    if (method === 'GET' && data) {
+      let urlInfo = parseURL(url);
+      Object.assign(urlInfo.search, data);
+      url = formatURL(urlInfo);
+    }
+
     //x = new (window.XMLHttpRequest || window.ActiveXObject)('MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0');
     x.open(method, url, 1);
 
     if (options.withCredentials) {
       x.withCredentials = true;
     } else {
-      if (options.preflight !== false) {
-        x.setRequestHeader('X-Requested-With', 'XMLHttpRequest');
-      }
-      x.setRequestHeader('Content-Type',
-        options.contentType || 'application/json;charset=UTF-8');
+      x.setRequestHeader('X-Requested-With', 'XMLHttpRequest');
+      x.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json;charset=UTF-8');
     }
 
     //x.setRequestHeader('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
@@ -40,7 +49,7 @@ export const ajax = function ajax(url, callback, data, x = null) {
       }
     };
 
-    x.send(data);
+    x.send(method === 'POST' && data);
   } catch (e) {
     console.log(e);
   }
diff --git a/src/url.js b/src/url.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3588d44fad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/url.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+export function parseQS(query) {
+  return !query ? {} : query
+    .replace(/^\?/, '')
+    .split('&')
+    .reduce((acc, criteria) => {
+      let [k, v] = criteria.split('=');
+      if (/\[\]$/.test(k)) {
+        k = k.replace('[]', '');
+        acc[k] = acc[k] || [];
+        acc[k].push(v);
+      } else {
+        acc[k] = v || '';
+      }
+      return acc;
+    }, {});
+}
+
+export function formatQS(query) {
+  return Object
+    .keys(query)
+    .map(k => Array.isArray(query[k]) ?
+      query[k].map(v => `${k}[]=${v}`).join('&') :
+      `${k}=${query[k]}`)
+    .join('&');
+}
+
+export function parse(url) {
+  let parsed = document.createElement('a');
+  parsed.href = decodeURIComponent(url);
+  return {
+    protocol: (parsed.protocol || '').replace(/:$/, ''),
+    hostname: parsed.hostname,
+    port: +parsed.port,
+    pathname: parsed.pathname,
+    search: parseQS(parsed.search || ''),
+    hash: (parsed.hash || '').replace(/^#/, ''),
+    host: parsed.host
+  };
+}
+
+export function format(obj) {
+  return (obj.protocol || 'http') + '://' +
+         (obj.host ||
+          obj.hostname + (obj.port ? `:${obj.port}` : '')) +
+         (obj.pathname || '') +
+         (obj.search ? `?${formatQS(obj.search || '')}` : '') +
+         (obj.hash ? `#${obj.hash}` : '');
+}
diff --git a/test/spec/url_spec.js b/test/spec/url_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c2421e20c49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/url_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import {format, parse} from '../../src/url';
+
+describe('helpers.url', () => {
+
+  describe('parse()', () => {
+
+    let parsed;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      parsed = parse('http://example.com:3000/pathname/?search=test&foo=bar#hash');
+    });
+
+    it('extracts the protocol', () => {
+      expect(parsed).to.have.property('protocol', 'http');
+    });
+
+    it('extracts the hostname', () => {
+      expect(parsed).to.have.property('hostname', 'example.com');
+    });
+
+    it('extracts the port', () => {
+      expect(parsed).to.have.property('port', 3000);
+    });
+
+    it('extracts the pathname', () => {
+      expect(parsed).to.have.property('pathname', '/pathname/');
+    });
+
+    it('extracts the search query', () => {
+      expect(parsed).to.have.property('search');
+      expect(parsed.search).to.eql({
+        foo: 'bar',
+        search: 'test'
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('extracts the hash', () => {
+      expect(parsed).to.have.property('hash', 'hash');
+    });
+
+    it('extracts the host', () => {
+      expect(parsed).to.have.property('host', 'example.com:3000');
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('format()', () => {
+
+    it('formats an object in to a URL', () => {
+      expect(format({
+        protocol: 'http',
+        hostname: 'example.com',
+        port: 3000,
+        pathname: '/pathname/',
+        search: {foo: 'bar', search: 'test'},
+        hash: 'hash'
+      })).to.equal('http://example.com:3000/pathname/?foo=bar&search=test#hash');
+    });
+
+    it('will use defaults for missing properties', () => {
+      expect(format({
+        hostname: 'example.com'
+      })).to.equal('http://example.com');
+    });
+
+  });
+
+});