[wp-hackers] Advantage (or not) of hosting badges

[Computer Guru]

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Yep, and it's  JS:

    	    	<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">var
site="sm3lifehacker"</script>
    	<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2"
src="http://sm3.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=sm3lifehacker">
    	</script>
    	<noscript><a
href="http://sm3.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=sm3lifehacker"
target="_top"><img
src="http://sm3.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=sm3lifehacker" alt="Site Meter"
border="0"/></a></noscript>


I use Google (Analytics|AdSense) + FeedBurner (Flare, Ad Network, Analytics)
+ WordPress Stats

Google uses JS, but actually site owners have a choice of _locally_ hosting
the analytics JS - which I do. You are not allowed to locally host the
adsense, but I'm not about to disable it because of slightly higher load
times :)

WordPress uses an image.

FeedBurner uses JavaScript, but I've never had a problem with JS-slowdown w/
FeedBurner (and hopefully it'll stay that way.... knock on wood) though you
can host their scripts on your server as well if you feel the need.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-hackers-
> bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Jamie Holly
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:26 PM
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: RE: [wp-hackers] Advantage (or not) of hosting badges
> 
> > Yep.. I've seen that too.
> >
> > The difference is, Google Syndication (AdSense) is added to a site
> via
> > JavaScript hotlinked from their servers - not even an iframe w/
> Google
> > as a
> > source or (as other ad providers do to avoid this very problem) an
> > image tag
> > with the source pointing to a dynamic URI.
> >
> > In my experience, it's only JavaScript that can do this (Ajax
> Slowdown
> > -
> > caused by the same thing).... JavaScript breaks a lot of the web! :)
> >
> 
> Sitemeter has also been very bad with this lately.
> 
> 
> Jamie Holly
> http://www.intoxination.net
> 
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