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....
Internet privacy is growing up in a hurry. We’ve talked before about how 2010 was a banner year for those of us interested in a more transparent web, and 2011 shows signs of continuing that momentum. Some recent examples of this phenomenon were announcements by Microsoft and Mozilla that revealed plans to build in...
Hola Ghosterians, There’s a brand-spanking new version of Ghostery for Chrome, v2.2.2! We had some requests for some more control over the purple box – so we added some controls for its duration and position in the options menu. Also, there was a bug that kept Ghostrank from communicating back with Ghostery homebase, so...
Howdy Ghosterians, We pushed a small update to Ghostery for Chrome. Mainly, all of the references to Better Advertising have been updated to identify us as a part of Evidon, as Adam mentioned last week. You can download the new version here. Happy Browsing! Andy K Ghostery Product Nerd
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...
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...
Server Fail = Transparency Wins
I remember when Twitter announced its new web layout – I read a review coupled with the standard press release and immediately opened a browser tab to check it out. I was treated to one of the most simultaneously ingratiating and annoying figures in today’s web culture – the Fail Whale. The error image,...
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