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#1 bluesjunior

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Posted 12 February 2008 - 06:51 PM

I have installed Noscript to my Firefox browser and wondered should I temporily allow Google Analytics or mark as untrusted?.

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#2 frankp316

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Posted 12 February 2008 - 07:13 PM

Do you use Google Analytics? I use it to track my blog stats.

#3 bluesjunior

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 04:15 AM

I have no idea what it does I thought it may be spyware?.

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 07:04 AM

Nope. As I said, I use it to track my blog stats. Here's a link.

http://www.google.com/analytics/

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 11:05 AM

Thanks Frankp316.

Is there a general rule so to speak of what to allow and disallow with Noscript. The ones like statcounter etc are pretty obvious but sometimes when it is a .com address I am unsure whether Temp allow or add to mark as untrusted is the best option.

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 12:26 PM

I don't use Firefox so I don't know. But if you're not sure about something it never hurts to ask. The big difference here is Google Analytics is more than just a counting service and the counter isn't visible on the website using it.

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