Comments on: Prevent Google Analytics from tracking your visit

By: jmjsquared

jmjsquared — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:31:54 +0000

EDIT: My “double-space” disappeared in the post. So, I’m trying again!
Yea: 127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com
Nay: 127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com

By: jmjsquared

jmjsquared — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:25:21 +0000

Another tool in my toolbox (my brain, that is) is always welcomed. Whether and how I choose to use it is just that, my choice. Thanks for the info.

I believe that there should be a double space between 127.0.0.1 and whatever comes after; for example:
127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com rather than this:
127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com

By: freeMan

freeMan — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:58:21 +0000

There are nothing “Free” If someone offers something Free there is a shadow behind it.

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By: suraci

suraci — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:00:40 +0000

My pc hangs while waiting for google-analytics to load. I have not asked for this everytime I visit a site and resent both the delay and the fact they data mine me. Some people are far too compalcent about invasion of privacy. Grow a spine. Look at some of the characters behind companies like Google and wise up.

By: Oliver Aloexander

Oliver Aloexander — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:33:41 +0000

“Small script”? It’s 18000 k, and thus it slows matters noticeably over a modem connection. With brodband this kind of nonsense accumulates and ends up costing money.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:39:25 +0000

I agree with you that even if people use this line in their host file the site admin is still able to track their movement throughout his site.

The main reason I added this story was that I thought it incredibly brilliant to simply edit the hosts file to prevent google analytics from functioning at all.

thanks for your comments :)

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 06:57:07 +0000

.. You act as if its spyware. Who cares if a webmaster has a little graph of how many people use whatever browser or how many people are visiting a certain page? It’s not a bad thing and alot of the time, it’s for the better. There is never a negative side to it. This is something that has been around for a long time but has costed money. Google is putting it out there for free. There is no point in this ghacks story.
It’s for the better of the internet, so my advice is to not get rid of it. Google analytics doesn’t spy on what websites you go to, steal your passwords, or add anything to your computer.