Should I Block Web Traffic Counters?

White_Wolf · 07-31-2007, 10:24 PM

when surfing the web in my all powerful Firefox, with NoScript, should I block websites that are designed to measure web traffic? Places like:
Nextstat.net
Googlesyndication.com
Sitemeter.com
Fastonlineusers.com
Easyhitcounters.com
Google-Anylitics.com

Will blocking these sites with my script blocker speedup how fast I surf through webpages, slow down my surfing, or better protect my privacy?

peterhuang913 · 07-31-2007, 10:26 PM

I don't think it makes a difference, or at least not a noticeable one.

CleanPC · 08-01-2007, 02:16 AM

I tried to block those with my firewall, it worked, but websites just wont function well unless you allow them. :mad:

Yek · 08-01-2007, 12:11 PM

Depends if you want to let them know your there or not

White_Wolf · 08-01-2007, 04:19 PM

I'm going to just allow them. Mos of those things are just there so that the owner of the website can measure their traffic.

After thinking about the speed issue, it shouldn't matter, because because those counters load up after everything else loads (I think).

Yek · 08-03-2007, 12:30 PM

Depends on where abouts in the code they are

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