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Just looked through Zendesk's network calls -- looks like it's probably Demandbase. http://www.demandbase.com/landing-page/demandbase-real-time-id-service/ htt

Just looked through Zendesk's network calls -- looks like it's probably Demandbase. http://www.demandbase.com/landing-page/demandbase-real-time-id-service/ http://www.demandbase.com/landing-page/demandbase-real-time-... Surprisingly, AdBlockPlus doesn't seem to block it. Edit: actually it's LeadLander.com as pointed out by NiekvdMaas here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4891764 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4891764

d503 14y ago
Ghostery does, though.
politician 14y ago
Just checked, looks like Ghostery blocks Demandbase.
r4vik 14y ago
AdBlock is for blocking (annoying) ads, not trackers.
- nostromo 14y ago
  Well it does seem to block some retargeting pixels -- and this seems like a worse form of retargeting.
- fl3tch 14y ago
  Depends on the filter list. EasyPrivacy is designed to block trackers, and if you look at the list https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easyprivacy.txt https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easyprivacy.txt you'll see that Demandbase is there.
- barrkel 14y ago
  AdBlock blocks requests by URL matching and hides DOM nodes based on a handful of selectors. Whether this blocking and hiding is targeted towards ads or not is incidental.
damian2000 14y ago
I'm surprised by their extensive list of customers, and also the fact that customers seem to be happy to be identified as their customers ... http://www.demandbase.com/who-uses-demandbase/customer-list/ http://www.demandbase.com/who-uses-demandbase/customer-list/ Hardware manufacturers & telecomms seem to feature heavily: (a selection) ... Adobe, Dell, IBM, AMD, Box.net, Cisco, CSC, Comcast, Freescale, HP, Lenovo, Motorola, Novell, Qwest, Salesforce.com, Siemens, Symantec, Verisign, VMWare, Vodafone. And there's several anti-virus/anti-malware companies listed there. UPDATE: The LeadLander.com site also lists their customers - Microsoft, Motorola, Red Hat and Cisco, among others.
- csom 14y ago
  I wonder why some of these sites would want to participate in an information exchange that seems rather asymmetric. I couldn't find detailed information on the service but I assume they have some kind of mechanism, similar to those in P2P systems, to "encourage" sites to contribute large amounts of information(?) or maybe sites can buy information without having to sell?

d503 14y ago

Ghostery does, though.

politician 14y ago

Just checked, looks like Ghostery blocks Demandbase.

r4vik 14y ago

AdBlock is for blocking (annoying) ads, not trackers.

nostromo 14y ago
Well it does seem to block some retargeting pixels -- and this seems like a worse form of retargeting.
fl3tch 14y ago
Depends on the filter list. EasyPrivacy is designed to block trackers, and if you look at the list https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easyprivacy.txt https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easyprivacy.txt you'll see that Demandbase is there.
barrkel 14y ago
AdBlock blocks requests by URL matching and hides DOM nodes based on a handful of selectors. Whether this blocking and hiding is targeted towards ads or not is incidental.

damian2000 14y ago

I'm surprised by their extensive list of customers, and also the fact that customers seem to be happy to be identified as their customers ... http://www.demandbase.com/who-uses-demandbase/customer-list/ http://www.demandbase.com/who-uses-demandbase/customer-list/ Hardware manufacturers & telecomms seem to feature heavily: (a selection) ... Adobe, Dell, IBM, AMD, Box.net, Cisco, CSC, Comcast, Freescale, HP, Lenovo, Motorola, Novell, Qwest, Salesforce.com, Siemens, Symantec, Verisign, VMWare, Vodafone. And there's several anti-virus/anti-malware companies listed there. UPDATE: The LeadLander.com site also lists their customers - Microsoft, Motorola, Red Hat and Cisco, among others.

csom 14y ago
I wonder why some of these sites would want to participate in an information exchange that seems rather asymmetric. I couldn't find detailed information on the service but I assume they have some kind of mechanism, similar to those in P2P systems, to "encourage" sites to contribute large amounts of information(?) or maybe sites can buy information without having to sell?