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Prevent Google Analytics data from being blocked by ad blockers

2 points by alfonmga 4y ago

mtmail 4y ago
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- alfonmga 4y ago
  Done. Thank you for the warning.
josephcsible 4y ago
How can I bypass/disable this on sites that try to force it on me?
- alfonmga 4y ago
  You can't. If you could bypass/disable it, the core value of this service would be worthless.
- mmphosis 4y ago
  There are ways. Ie. Blacklist sites, View the site archives / caches, view sites via different protocols, ...
alfonmga 4y ago
Hi there! I'm Alfon, the human being behind this service. getfullanalytics.com is in a pre-beta state, and we plan to release the beta for everybody in the next few days. I just wanted to share it with you all here on HN ;-)
- deleted 4y ago
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- verdverm 4y ago
  How does this work for GDPR & CCPA like rule regimes?
  - alfonmga 4y ago
    Google Analytics, by default, is not CCPA compliant. You can take steps for stricter compliance with CCPA, such as: implementing IP anonymization, disabling data sharing, displaying a cookie consent banner on your site, reviewing PII collected and honoring user data access/deletion requests..etc. Anyways, it is too early for this service to dig into this legal stuff. I prefer to focus on building at this moment.
    - verdverm 4y ago
      What prevents your service from making it into the ad blockers? Why not do the following https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/server-side https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/serve... The only way to really achieve this is running analytics through the same domain the users are visiting, best as a path. I suspect this is where the market will go if ad blockers become to pervasive
      - alfonmga 4y ago
        > Why not do the following https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/server-side https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/serve... I could say that we do that at a high level, but as SaaS for our clients. You can't expect the average person to set up and manage 3 servers (HA) on GCP to get everything running. > The only way to really achieve this is running analytics through the same domain the users are visiting, best as a path. I suspect this is where the market will go if ad blockers become to pervasive That's right.
        verdverm 4y ago
        You didn't answer the first question...

2 points by alfonmga 4y ago

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alfonmga 4y ago
Done. Thank you for the warning.

josephcsible 4y ago

How can I bypass/disable this on sites that try to force it on me?

alfonmga 4y ago
You can't. If you could bypass/disable it, the core value of this service would be worthless.
mmphosis 4y ago
There are ways. Ie. Blacklist sites, View the site archives / caches, view sites via different protocols, ...

alfonmga 4y ago

Hi there! I'm Alfon, the human being behind this service. getfullanalytics.com is in a pre-beta state, and we plan to release the beta for everybody in the next few days. I just wanted to share it with you all here on HN ;-)

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verdverm 4y ago
How does this work for GDPR & CCPA like rule regimes?
- alfonmga 4y ago
  Google Analytics, by default, is not CCPA compliant. You can take steps for stricter compliance with CCPA, such as: implementing IP anonymization, disabling data sharing, displaying a cookie consent banner on your site, reviewing PII collected and honoring user data access/deletion requests..etc. Anyways, it is too early for this service to dig into this legal stuff. I prefer to focus on building at this moment.
  - verdverm 4y ago
    What prevents your service from making it into the ad blockers? Why not do the following https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/server-side https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/serve... The only way to really achieve this is running analytics through the same domain the users are visiting, best as a path. I suspect this is where the market will go if ad blockers become to pervasive
    - alfonmga 4y ago
      > Why not do the following https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/server-side https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/serve... I could say that we do that at a high level, but as SaaS for our clients. You can't expect the average person to set up and manage 3 servers (HA) on GCP to get everything running. > The only way to really achieve this is running analytics through the same domain the users are visiting, best as a path. I suspect this is where the market will go if ad blockers become to pervasive That's right.
      - verdverm 4y ago
        You didn't answer the first question...