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But, we, as web-devs, know, KNOW, that blockers a) exist and b) are used by clients. It's like missing a test case that covers 15% of your user base.
by edoceo 6y ago
But, we, as web-devs, know, KNOW, that blockers a) exist and b) are used by clients.
It's like missing a test case that covers 15% of your user base.
- jameshart 6y agoIs it 15%? I have no idea. They don't show up in my analytics...
- edoceo 6y agoLooks, it's Friday, I kinda made that up. A system I operate has rate higher than that but a trusted associate has a site with numbers like 2%. Check your own metrics. It's for sure not zero.
- Spivak 6y agoIt’s a joke because ad blockers block the analytics they would show up on.
- jameshart 6y agoI mean, it's a joke-but-not-a-joke. It's actually reasonable for sites to be able to estimate the proportion of their population who block their analytics by looking at say, the proportion of signups or conversions or sales or whatever that come from 'untracked' sessions. But that is confounded by the fact that the population who uses ad and script blockers is not necessarily similar in behavior to the population who don't. If 2% of signups to my newsletter come from sessions that don't show up in google analytics, does that mean 2% of my site traffic is using an ad blocker, or are they actually 10% of my site traffic - but those users are just 5 times less likely to give me their email address?
- ddalex 6y agoWhy not? Log analytics are a thing, you know ....