We probably sound like a broken record sometimes when we say this, but our users provide us with the best input. It’s only because of you guys that our extension is as popular and robust as it is today. In the spirit of valuing that feedback, we’ve made a quick survey to help us...
One awesome user, Eric, has created our new error page. We’ve dubbed him “Poltreghosty.” We had a lot of great submissions but this one took the cake. I’ll be sending him out a shirt and some other Ghost Swag. Ghosty – listen to me. Do NOT go into the light. Stop where you are....
We were sitting around today, flying our toy helicopters (yes, you heard that right, we have toy helicopters) and discussing Andy’s earlier post about Fail Whales, when we got to thinking it’s time for another Ghostery contest. So, in honor of Data Privacy Day 2011, we want you to design our “Server Error” page....
Whitelisting can help you to select certain sites you don’t want to block all the time. An example of this kind of site is your online banking site or any other scripts that Ghostery may interfere with, or vice versa. Here’s how you do it! Chrome and Safari: 1) Click on the Ghosty icon...
The quick-list: Nothing about the ownership of Ghostery has changed, just owner’s name. The Ghostery isn’t changing at all. We’re still free and we’re still 100% committed to building and maintaining a quality extension for you guys. We haven’t changed any of our policies, and we aren’t planning on it. Why is Better Advertising...
We’ve gotten a lot of questions recently asking about tracking on sites like Google, Yahoo, YouTube, and Facebook. They usually revolve around why no trackers or other page elements ever pop up in Ghostery’s alert bubble when using these services. The reason is that Ghostery doesn’t mess with first-party tracking. There are a few...
Greetings GhostaSafarians, Just wanted to let you know how to fix a small glitch that the extension Safari AdBlock and the program Safari Cookies have with Ghostery. If you are using Safari Cookies and you keep seeing the Ghostery Setup Wizard (the screen where you select your options) when you start the browser up,...
With the recent press frenzy that’s evolved around Do Not Track, Ghostery received some attention in the newsmedia. First was Ghosty’s world news debut on ABC (click image and skip to 1:10) And then he was featured on CBS Local in Pittsburgh: Thanks for helping to get the word out!
How Much is Your Data Worth? This Much.
JP Morgan’s Imran Khan has compiled information on the web’s leading sites to determine how much their unique visitors (visitors counted only once, rather than for every time they visit the site) are worth. Well, it turns out they’re worth a lot. Source: Business Insider If you are an “average” Amazon, Ebay, Google and...
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