Archive for July, 2009

Announcing: Ghostery for Firefox v2.0 featuring TrackerBlock

Announcing: Ghostery for Firefox v2.0 featuring TrackerBlock

I’m pleased to announce the release of Ghostery for Firefox v2.0! You can get the latest version here, or if you already have Ghostery installed, simply wait for Firefox to automatically notify you of the update. NEW: Ghostery TrackerBlock – Block advertising, widgets, and other trackers You’ve all been asking for the ability to...

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Top 10 Web Analytics Trackers on the Web

Top 10 Web Analytics Trackers on the Web

This is number three in a series of posts this week on the Top Web Bug Trackers we saw at Ghostery during June. Noteable: Full blown domination: Google Analytics, Google’s data collection machine, accounts for 80% of the distribution among the Top 10. Three sleepers on the list: StatCounter, Woopra and Crazy Egg. Quantcast...

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Top 10 Widgets on the Web

Top 10 Widgets on the Web

This is the second in a series of posts coming this week on the Top Web Bug Trackers we saw at Ghostery last month. Noteable: It’s all about Sharing. 4 of the top 10 widgets (AddThis, DiggThis, ShareThis and AddToAny) are focused on letting users rate or recommend content. Wow, AddThis is twice as...

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Top 10 Web Bug Trackers on the Web

Top 10 Web Bug Trackers on the Web

This is the first in a series of posts coming this week on the Top Web Bug Trackers we saw at Ghostery last month. What surprised me: Google’s utter domination of the Top 10 list (Google Analytics, Google Adsense, Doubleclick and Google Custom Search). Google Analytics coverage is massive and growing quickly. I instinctively...

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