Quit blocking Google Analytics.
I’ve noticed a trend, particularly among Mozilla Firefox users who have the NoScript extension installed, to block Google Analytics from running.
This isn’t Google spyware, it’s a way for webmasters like yours truly to learn more about who’s interested in their site, and to find new ways to get more people interested.
So be kind to your webmasters and let Google Analytics do its thing. 
August 21st, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Maybe if google-analytics didn’t slow my browsing to standstill while it talks to itself I wouldn’t mind so much!
August 23rd, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Your kidding right? Your job is simple create the page, manage it and thats that! You don’t need to know anything about us or where we come from. If you want to know about us just place a comment/suggestion box or we the users will gladly tell you our opinions rather than to be spied on.
August 23rd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Site admins always track usage. Server logs are maintained on every major server which track your source IP, the page you came in on, the page you came from if one referred you, and the other areas of the website which you visited. This is an implicitly known fact. Google Analytics simply extends this information by telling site admins things like: How long did a browser spend on a particular page?
It’s quite useful information and no more an invasion of privacy than a random person being able to see your face in a crowd.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Ditto on the making the internet crrrrrawl.
November 26th, 2008 at 4:17 am
The Supreme Court rules that I have sovereign authority to block whatever I please, that your right to free speech (or scripting, tracking, spying as the case may be) ends at my network perimeter. If the information you glean from my IP addy in your logs isn’t enough to satiate your hunger for profit assisting information, then put me on your payroll and compensate me for allowing you the privilege of having your script run on my computer.
December 24th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Google Analytics is spyware. Plain and simple. I wish my ISP would block it, but since they don’t, I am blocking it on my own machine. Remember, Google merged with Doubleclick, the biggest purveyor of spyware cookies on the Internet. Google Analytics is just more of the same. Don’t believe Google’s “don’t be evil” astroturf. They are.
January 4th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
hahah not doing anything wrong. yeah they just know everyplace you go.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:14 am
” Google Analytics is spyware. Plain and simple. I wish my ISP would block it, but since they don’t, I am blocking it on my own machine. Remember, Google merged with Doubleclick, the biggest purveyor of spyware cookies on the Internet. Google Analytics is just more of the same. Don’t believe Google’s “don’t be evil” astroturf. They are. ”
Wow man! awesome comment!