Yahoo to Take on Google Analytics 95
whencanistop writes "Having seen Google set up their Google Analytics product for free (in an attempt to get everyone to spend more money on adwords) and then seen Microsoft release their version of a free web analytics tool into beta, Yahoo have decided to do the same thing, by buying someone else and releasing it into the wild for free. Great news for bloggers who don't want to sign up for Google's 'evil' plans."
Thank you Adblock (Score:2, Informative)
I heard of Google Analytics in the first few seconds after I installed Adblock, and then never worried about it again.
Re:Good luck with all that (Score:5, Informative)
Google Analytics = Urchin (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Good luck with all that (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Get Out of the Way for Victory (Score:4, Informative)
I block any 3rd-party site that takes too long to respond.
Re:Google-analytics.com is a PITA (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Thank you Adblock (Score:3, Informative)
Also block third party cookies.... I have never seen a site break when you block third party cookies, and they're only used for nefarious purposes anyway. An add-on for FF might be needed to make changing this option easier, but an add-on will also allow management of other cookies: I recommend totally blocking 3rd party cookies and accepting first party as session only, and allow longterm cookies for sites you trust or you know aren't trending.
Oh, and modify your existing adblock filter to catch http and https! My bank (Barclays in the UK) have third-party based tracking on their online banking, and the spy-scripts and graphics are served by https (only to be blocked by adblock!). I'm pretty sure I've seen trending crap served up by https on other sites too.