3 ms·

/etc/hosts... # Screw Google... 127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com 127.0.0.1 ssl.google-analytics.com

• Tichy 13y ago
  Are you sure they only use one domain? Perhaps for analytics, but there is also adsense, doubleclick and who knows what else.
  • alextingle 13y ago
    I don't mind adsense, and if I did, there's always AdBlock. No, analytics was annoying me because of page load time. The number of times my browser stopped loading because "waiting for google-analytics.com" got me wound up enough one day to just block them for good.
    • konklone 13y ago
      Yeah, I use this myself a lot, especially when I'm in places with bad wifi. I mentioned this in a separate comment, but I can use this as inspiration to try out Piwik (http://piwik.org http://piwik.org), and see if it can replace Google Analytics. I use Chartbeat for real-time-y stuff and alerts, which it's exceptional at. I think Piwik may have a harder time replacing that one, but I'll certainly try it.