Hi malware fighters and Fx or Flock browsers,
Use this add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/65387/
Will provide a simple mechanism to help exclude internal traffic from the being logged in Google Analytics,
and the malcoded track-ware that could have taken its place…
polonus
well NoScript already does that 
…and optimizegoogle too…
I wrote to Google Analytics a few weeks ago because my browser (FF) always hangs while their “app” is gathering info. Got the stock response, but no follow up.
well, as said, just block it with NoScript…
Hi Logos,
Not all average users feel OK with NoScript. I could not do without it and would feel rather insecure and naked without it inside the Mozilla browser, but there are also users that feel it is “way over their heads”. These “click as you go on whatever there is to click for-users” should not be on the Internet in the first place, but what can you do?
We still do not have a Safe Hex certificate to make you a licensed user of Internet space!
Damian
NoScript is a no-brainer and very simple to use. I couldn’t live without it either in FF, and I also block certain sites like Goog. Analytics (to name a few). It’s one of the best add-on’s out there!
Google Analytics is blocked by my HOSTS file:
127.0.0.1 google-analytics.com
127.0.0.1 googleanalyticsclick.com
Install hpHosts file to stop them:
http://hosts-file.net/?s=google-analytics.com+&x=33&y=7
Yes hostsman is an awesome tool. Whether I use firefox or ie or chrome. It takes care of ad servers, tracking servers, malware domains, etc…
Thx Ken,
nmb
would you believe that ??? ;D
Mountain View delivers Google Analytics opt-out
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/25/google_analytics_opt_out/
Mountain View has released a browser add-on that opts you out of Google Analytics, the traffic monitoring service now used by 71 per cent of the top domains on the interwebs.Google announced the plug-in on Tuesday with a post to its Public Policy blog, following through on a promise it made in mid-March. The plug-in is currently labeled as a “beta.”
“You can download and install an add-on for your desktop browser that will stop data from being sent from your computer when you visit websites that use Google Analytics Javascript to track usage,” the post reads. “This means the information from your visit will not be sent to Google Analytics or included in its reports.”
this post I wasn’t aware of from March this year:
More choice for users: browser-based opt-out for Google Analytics on the wayhttp://analytics.blogspot.com/2010/03/more-choice-for-users-browser-based-opt.html
announcement and download:
http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2010/05/google-analytics-more-choice-for-users.html
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
another interesting add-on, available for a while apparently:
http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
In the comments do as HM2K said…
Or just block www.google-analytics.com and google-analytics.com using your hosts file.which is what I said Yesterday at 08:46:32 AM
HM2K said... Or just block www.google-analytics.com and google-analytics.com using your hosts file.
that’s a joke, I just installed the extension in FF, IE and Chrome ;D (although as said FF already blocked analytics through NS)
Yes I just installed the add-ons for FF and IE, I don’t use the HOSTS file at all, for me it is just too much hassle to constantly add moving targets, when Firefox, NoScript and Adblock Plus does the job without any need to modify the HOSTS file.
The wrong way to deal with privacy concerns.
All the more surprising was their release of the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on which doesn’t quite live up to the expected quality. I had a look at the Firefox version and here is what I saw:
http://adblockplus.org/blog/the-wrong-way-to-deal-with-privacy-concerns
nmb
wow :o I haven’t check anything yet, thanks for posting this
edit: and the guy mentions there something I’ve been thinking of earlier today, when I installed the extension in Chrome, i.e how can it fully work there as Chrome API doesn’t allow the actual blocking of servers (like ad servers) through extensions…
For those installing the Opt out for IE you will find you now have a couple of new Tasks (if you don’t winpatrol, etc.) and a new service running automatically, googleupdate.exe and Program Files folders installed. So there is a price to pay ;D
@ logos
You are welcome buddy.
It is so easy with HostsMan and its browser speedup proxy HostsServer.
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
Albert Einstein
Anyone can make things more complex than need be.