Interesting tidbits we’ve learned from Ghostrank data
Hi Ghostery people. We’ve had a few questions about how Ghostery interacts with Collusion over the past few months, so we figured we’d give everyone a quick update. Krutika, one of our awesome Ghostery engineers, did a little research. She used the below sample entry from our tracker database to test different the browsers...
Update: GoDaddy has posted a followup in their forums. This is how the internet should work all the time! Last November, we posted a report detailing the slowest-loading 3rd party page elements (3pes) that our volunteer panel of GhostRank members had come across. The report took on a life of its own, as often...
Mark Zuckerberg is no stranger to controversy where Facebook is concerned. His first go at a social website drew charges from Harvard (where he was enrolled at the time), and Facebook itself famously endured copyright claims from alleged contributors shortly after its launch. Privacy practices have haunted Facebook throughout its online life, and recently...
Thanks to our awesome GhostRank Panel volunteers, we can (as most of you know) monitor the internet and most of the 3rd party content on it. Out of the nearly 800 companies we watch, we pegged these guys as the ones that lag your browsing experience the most if you live in the USA....
We’re very happy to announce our newest gem: Know Your Elements. Thanks to everyone who opts into GhostRank, we have some pretty impressive information about which companies are sprawling across the internet. For awhile, we struggled to visually interpret this data – until the idea for the Periodic Table of 3rd Party Elements (3pes)...
So we’ve had a link to our survey posted up on our Knowledge Pages for quite some time now, and you all have been pretty enthusiastic about helping us out. This is one of the only ways we can get feedback on our product, so let me personally thank you for taking the time...
There are so many ways for someone to gather information about users on the internet it’s almost hard to keep up with them. It seems like every time we turn around there’s a new form of technology that has the potential to undermine someone’s reasonable expectations of web privacy. All of these elements/methods can...
We’re going to start featuring the top 100 page elements Ghostery finds every other week. Thanks to all of our users that opt into GhostRank, we’re able to keep track of (mostly) tracking scripts, widgets, cookies and pixels from companies that appear across the web. Our ranking system is based on how many times...
We asked our Facebook buddies which page elements they see popping up the most. The overwhelming favorite among the responses was Google Analytics, which just goes to show that our Ghostery users have keen eyes and good memories. Google Analytics was by far the most frequently seen tracker in 2010. We can hear you...
The Invisible Vote
We are a little under a year from US presidential elections, which means campaigning has begun in force. Presidential hopefuls and current President Obama have all launched campaign-focused websites; using the web to explain their platforms, reach out to their faithful, and solicit contributions. It’s no surprise that potential candidates are interested in the...
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