StatCounter Says NO!

Folks,

A few months back, StatCounter was approached by an advertiser, offered lots of $$$, and asked to include a spyware cookie on all of our member sites…we refused on the spot.

You install StatCounter to track visitors to your site NOT to open yourself and your visitors up to being spied upon by phantom advertising corporations.

It appears, however, that other players in the world of webstats were happy to take up this offer…

We were shocked to discover just today that another well known stats provider is allowing up to 9 cookies to be installed in the browser of every visitor that hits one of their member websites. This means that the provider is making money by transmitting data on you and your visitors to a third party advertiser. Not only that, but to add insult to injury, the cookies are causing the member websites to load very slowly too.

In light of this, StatCounter wants to assure you that we track your visitors for you, only you and not any one else.

Which provider would you prefer??

StatCounter says No!

By the way, welcome to our new blog 😉


1,030 Comments

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  2. yaaay for statcounter! thank you very much for everything! u guys are d best!! 🙂

  3. Great decision. And our privacy assured.

    Thanks Statcounter. Keep up the splendid work!

  4. We always thought we could rely on Statcounter. You have just confirmed that our faith was not misplaced.

    Thanks.

  5. Hi statcounter team
    You are doing a great job and my best wishes are with you. Please continue your good work.thanks

    VB Projecta Team
    http://vbprojecta.co.nr

  6. I use your paid service and am happy to do so – thanks for having ethics in this dollar driven world!

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  9. That is fantastic! It is so rare these days for anyone to do what is right rather than what will make them a few bucks. Having pride in your work and contributing something worthwhile is what life is all about. Keep it up!

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