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Show HN: Adblock Analytics

42 pointsby amorganover 9 years ago

14 comments

cddotdotslashover 9 years ago
Do you have a contingency plan if your script/domains start getting blocked by the very AdBlockers they're trying to track? For example, Google Analytics is already blocked by a number of plugins (Ghostery, uBlock, Disconnect, etc.)
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zeeshanmover 9 years ago
They are not storing cookies but simply relying on if an ad blocker blocks ads.js or not:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.adblockanalytics.com&#x2F;ads.js" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.adblockanalytics.com&#x2F;ads.js</a>:<p>var d = document.createElement(&quot;div&quot;); d.id=&#x27;abaA&#x27;; d.style.display=&#x27;none&#x27;; document.body.appendChild(d);<p>var abaA; if(!document.getElementById(&#x27;abaA&#x27;)) { abaA = &#x27;N&#x27;; } else { abaA = &#x27;Y&#x27;; }<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.adblockanalytics.com&#x2F;analyze.js" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.adblockanalytics.com&#x2F;analyze.js</a>:<p>var r = new XMLHttpRequest(); r.open(&quot;POST&quot;,&quot;<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.adblockanalytics.com&#x2F;analyze&#x2F;&quot;);" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.adblockanalytics.com&#x2F;analyze&#x2F;&quot;);</a> r.setRequestHeader(&quot;Content-type&quot;,&quot;application&#x2F;x-www-form-urlencoded&quot;); r.send(&quot;abaI=&quot;+abaI+&quot;&amp;abaA=&quot;+abaA+&quot;&amp;abaSw=&quot;+screen.width+&quot;&amp;abaSh=&quot;+screen.height+&quot;&amp;abaBw=&quot;+window.innerWidth+&quot;&amp;abaBh=&quot;+window.innerHeight);<p>Don&#x27;t see any reason why an ad blocker would block them.
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TheAceOfHeartsover 9 years ago
Since nobody has mentioned it yet, you can block this using uBlock Origin by adding the following to your filter list:<p>adblockanalytics.com
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amorganover 9 years ago
I&#x27;m the creator of Adblock Analytics and the reason I built it is because a lot of websites seem to be struggling with determining how many of their visitors are blocking ads. I&#x27;ll be around to answer any questions that might pop up and would love to receive feedback - good, bad or otherwise. Thank you!!
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zingplexover 9 years ago
Does your service respect the Do Not Track header?
r1chover 9 years ago
Given that pagefair does this for free and already has whitelisting agreements with adblock lists, I think your pricing is too high. The only differences I see at a glance are that you break it down into per-device stats and have a tabular view.<p>Does your javascript snippet support subresource integrity? That would be a key selling point as pagefair&#x27;s CDN was hacked and their snippet replaced to do malware redirects against users. After that incident I&#x27;m keeping the number of scripts from &quot;startups&quot; to an absolute minimum.
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SimeVidasover 9 years ago
Off topic: What server-side Node&#x2F;Express middleware would you recommend to perform analytics (now that client JavaScript-based analytics is no longer reliable)?
thomasahleover 9 years ago
Interesting from the screenshot, that visitors with adblock have a lower bounce rate and 25% higher pages&#x2F;visit.
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cmacpherover 9 years ago
This is pretty trivial to implement in GA. I could see why people would want this service
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gruezover 9 years ago
From the site: &quot;No Cookies or Visitor Tracking&quot;<p>I&#x27;m wondering how you can differentiate visitors from page views without it.
sarciszewskiover 9 years ago
This could be useful, e.g. for A&#x2F;B testing to see if your ad campaigns are leading people to turn uBlock back on.
Cub3over 9 years ago
I&#x27;m surprised this isn&#x27;t included in current tracking applications
rbinvover 9 years ago
Personally, I think the pricing is way too high for what you&#x27;re providing.<p>Also, to people who think that this very JS might get blocked by ad blockers: all of the tracking and reporting could be done (server-side) with Google Analytics nonetheless by making use of the appropriate APIs.
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Killswitchover 9 years ago
I like the site, is that a custom bootstrap theme or a modified one?