Comments on: Web analytics, AVG couldn’t care less

By: Demopoly

Demopoly — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:10:04 +0000

Given AVG’s rather unapologetic, if not “flip” comments, I’ve come up with a better solution.

I’ve added them to my .htaccess block list.

I feel that malignant code CAN NOT be tolerated from anyone, not google, not AVG, nobody.

Code that gives me pain is malignant when I can’t mitigate it easily, and the offender is “flippant.”

I welcome AVG and google mobile to the block list, published at the above address.

I welcome additions and fixes to the block list by email.

I will not remove the block list nor edit it to resolve an offenders complaints.

Thank you.
Demopoly

By: Roger Thompson

Roger Thompson — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:36:26 +0000

Thanks for your offer to help. I’ve passed your email along to our
product managers and developers. They are really the right folk to
coordinate this.

Thanks again, and sorry for the delay in responding. We’re a bit busy. ;-)

By: Pat Bitton

Pat Bitton — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:31:41 +0000

Thanks – have forwarded your contact info to Roger and the development team.

By: DoesWhat

DoesWhat — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:16:38 +0000

Thanks Pat, your effort in resolving analytics issues for webmasters is admirable. You should receive an email shortly containing our email address.

By: Pat Bitton

Pat Bitton — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:46:41 +0000

AVG R&D is forming a consultative group involving a number of webmasters who’ve contacted me as a result of my comments posted at The Register and replicated elsewhere in the blogosphere. If you’d like to be part of that effort, just let me know your email address.