transferring data from www.google-analytics.com May 18, 2006 5:44 AM Subscribe
When loading Metafilter or AskMetafilter, the content of the page seems to load fully, but the message at the bottom left of the status bar is constantly displaying the message "transferring data from www.google-analytics.com", and the icon on the left of the tab keeps going round. Using Firefox 1.5.0.3.
*bites all the way through lower lip, resisting the urge to snark: sends medical bill to mathowie*
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:07 AM on May 18, 2006
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:07 AM on May 18, 2006
I get that too, sometimes. Just press Escape. Oh, and the animated "going round" icon is called a throbber.
posted by brownpau at 6:44 AM on May 18, 2006
posted by brownpau at 6:44 AM on May 18, 2006
<ahem>I ♥ adblock </ahem>
posted by blue_beetle at 7:21 AM on May 18, 2006
posted by blue_beetle at 7:21 AM on May 18, 2006
Yeah, I've had that happen too, and not just on MetaFilter, so I assume it's a Google problem.
And I'm going to have to switch back to Safari - too much piping going on. (And why would adblock have an effect on Google Analytics?)
posted by jack_mo at 8:43 AM on May 18, 2006
And I'm going to have to switch back to Safari - too much piping going on. (And why would adblock have an effect on Google Analytics?)
posted by jack_mo at 8:43 AM on May 18, 2006
holy crap I have not seen that netscape throbber in years. man that fucker was huge.
it is still awesome.
posted by fishfucker at 10:19 AM on May 18, 2006
it is still awesome.
posted by fishfucker at 10:19 AM on May 18, 2006
adblock filters out Google Analyticis requests? What's the point of that, it's not an ad, I just offloaded stat tracking to Google was all.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:51 AM on May 18, 2006
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:51 AM on May 18, 2006
I use adblock and NoScript to filter out much annoying web stuff. Some pages (not here, other sites) don't load until the google tracking loads. And when google is slow so is those sites. So it went into my filters and I'm not bothered anymore.
posted by Mitheral at 12:11 PM on May 18, 2006
posted by Mitheral at 12:11 PM on May 18, 2006
Mitheral: "I use adblock and NoScript to filter out much annoying web stuff. Some pages (not here, other sites) don't load until the google tracking loads. And when google is slow so is those sites. So it went into my filters and I'm not bothered anymore."
That's because Google suggests that you include their Javascript snippet in your <head> block. Matt does it right, and puts it right at the very end of the <body>.
posted by Plutor at 12:55 PM on May 18, 2006
That's because Google suggests that you include their Javascript snippet in your <head> block. Matt does it right, and puts it right at the very end of the <body>.
posted by Plutor at 12:55 PM on May 18, 2006
Actually, Google used to suggest that you put it in the head, but now they say:
"Copy and paste the code segment into the bottom of your content, immediately before the </body> tag of each page you are planning to track."
posted by smackfu at 12:04 AM on May 19, 2006
"Copy and paste the code segment into the bottom of your content, immediately before the </body> tag of each page you are planning to track."
posted by smackfu at 12:04 AM on May 19, 2006
adblock filters out Google Analyticis requests? What's the point of that, it's not an ad, I just offloaded stat tracking to Google was all.
Could be a privacy thing. I think Google can track all the Analytics sites you visit and match them with your email address if you've already signed into Gmail/Google News/AdWords/etc.
posted by hyperizer at 10:38 AM on May 19, 2006
Could be a privacy thing. I think Google can track all the Analytics sites you visit and match them with your email address if you've already signed into Gmail/Google News/AdWords/etc.
posted by hyperizer at 10:38 AM on May 19, 2006
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posted by Plutor at 5:47 AM on May 18, 2006