Why is openSUSE forums associated with DoubleClick?

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#1

For a long time,
I was curious why openSUSE forums was on Peerblock’s Advertising Block List.

I just installed the ghostery web browser extension (www.ghostery.com) which identifies the various tracking companies invoked when you load a web page, and it identified the Google Forum’s trackers as Doubleclick and Google Analytics.

I can understand using Google Analytics as a free and powerful website tool, but Doubleclick?
What might be the purpose for an association with Doubleclick?

TSU

#2

On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:16:01 +0000, tsu2 wrote:

> For a long time,
> I was curious why openSUSE forums was on Peerblock’s Advertising Block
> List.
>
> I just installed the ghostery web browser extension (www.ghostery.com)
> which identifies the various tracking companies invoked when you load a
> web page, and it identified the Google Forum’s trackers as Doubleclick
> and Google Analytics.
>
> I can understand using Google Analytics as a free and powerful website
> tool, but Doubleclick?
> What might be the purpose for an association with Doubleclick?
>
> TSU

I’m using EFF’s “Privacy Badger” extension on Chrome, and I don’t see
Doubleclick here.

Just Google Analytics and suse.com.

Jim

Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C

#3

Today, I too only see what you see, Jim. But, on a few other occasions, I – too – have seen Doubleclick getting blocked by Ghostery. I cannot say why sometimes yes, sometimes not, though, and have not been all that concerned about it because when it shows up, Ghostery blocks it.

#4

Since my original post,
I haven’t been seeing the Doubleclick connection in Ghostery.

If no Forums code has changed, then it might have been a Ghostery bug addressed although I haven’t noticed a Ghostery update on my end.

In any case, I haven’t seen it now for over a day across many forums and several openSUSE sub-sites.

TSU

#5

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:46:01 +0000, tsu2 wrote:

> Since my original post,
> I haven’t been seeing the Doubleclick connection in Ghostery.
>
> If no Forums code has changed, then it might have been a Ghostery bug
> addressed although I haven’t noticed a Ghostery update on my end.
>
> In any case, I haven’t seen it now for over a day across many forums and
> several openSUSE sub-sites.
>
> TSU

Thanks for the update on this. :slight_smile:

Jim

–
Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C

#6

Same here, have not seen it for awhile. Confirmed.

#7

I have never seen it but then I found out about Ghostery recently so I haven’t been using it for too long :slight_smile: Maybe that’s why I haven’t seen the problem.