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by rchmura 3903 days ago
OPs linked article reinforces his point. The opt-out doesn't work- because they are not opting out and data is still being sent. (nevermind how that flag is set and Google is learning more about you despite your traffic no showing in webmaster reports)
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hahainternet 3903 days ago
That is completely false. That is not what the linked article says.

edit: Two years ago the parent poster said this:

> Full disclosure: I've been working in analytics since 1999 and founded a web analytics business

And is currently posting what appear to be completely made up claims to this thread. No conflict of interest has been declared here.

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rchmura 3903 days ago
From OPs article: > the google analytics blocker does not stop your browser talking to google-analytics.com. Period.

That excerpt explains that it's not actually stopping any data from being sent. Thus it's not actually opting out of sending data.

Thanks for researching my comment history and establishing me as an authority. Not sure why you are saying that my insight is a conflict of interest here. I'm not promoting any products.

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hahainternet 3903 days ago
The website clearly states it does stop data being sent:

> Whats missing? Well, the original referrer. My google search. Well, it does appear that installing the GA.js blocker stops that info from going to google directly, however.

> Not sure why you are saying that my insight is a conflict of interest here

You are making false claims about a competitor without revealing that they are indeed a competitor nor that you have a long standing grudge against them.

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rchmura 3903 days ago
That data is being sent on the original load of the Javascript file. Please refer to this section of the article: "To summarize: When google opt-out is enabled. Google still collects." (you will see a list of all the data including the original referrer)

The part that you are quoting is for a different product by Google. "googleadservices.com"

>"You are making false claims about a competitor without revealing that they are indeed a competitor nor that you have a long standing grudge against them."

I am not making false claims. Please hold the heavy handedness until we have reached an understanding.

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