Comments on: Sitemeter Goes Down in IE, Takes Thousands of Sites With It http://www.conversionrater.com/2008/08/01/sitemeter-goes-down-in-ie-takes-thousands-of-sites-with-it/ A discussion of ecommerce, online advertising, Web 2.0, web entrepreneurship, and just making the web convert for your goals. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:24:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Guy Rosen http://www.conversionrater.com/2008/08/01/sitemeter-goes-down-in-ie-takes-thousands-of-sites-with-it/#comment-295058 Guy Rosen Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:11:30 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/?p=716#comment-295058 This is worrying not only on this specific incident, but on a more general scale. Our web is so distributed and each site stands on its own, yet the past few years' worth of widgets and scripts are creating new single points of failure that have gone unnoticed. Take down Google Analytics (or worse, replace it with malicious code) and you've knocked down half the web! This is worrying not only on this specific incident, but on a more general scale. Our web is so distributed and each site stands on its own, yet the past few years’ worth of widgets and scripts are creating new single points of failure that have gone unnoticed.

Take down Google Analytics (or worse, replace it with malicious code) and you’ve knocked down half the web!

]]> By: Scootworks http://www.conversionrater.com/2008/08/01/sitemeter-goes-down-in-ie-takes-thousands-of-sites-with-it/#comment-294848 Scootworks Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:52:53 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/?p=716#comment-294848 Well, I've used them for many years and had loads of problems. I can't imagine how Jan above used them for 10 years and no problems...perhaps you just didn't notice the problems. We've had piles of issues with slow loading, webpage faults, etc. We've had to write them out and rewite them in several times...last night was it for us... We spend the night getting sitemeter out of our back pocket. We have the paid accounts on our business sites, and they still won't answer our tech support emails. We began to quantify the losses sometime back, and decided that one more major failure and we were done. Hence, our sitemeter free and running site today. unfortunate, I like the features of sitemeter, but they simply hav not been dependable enough for our business sites to tolerate. Good luck with your sitemeter. Dave Well, I’ve used them for many years and had loads of problems. I can’t imagine how Jan above used them for 10 years and no problems…perhaps you just didn’t notice the problems. We’ve had piles of issues with slow loading, webpage faults, etc. We’ve had to write them out and rewite them in several times…last night was it for us… We spend the night getting sitemeter out of our back pocket. We have the paid accounts on our business sites, and they still won’t answer our tech support emails. We began to quantify the losses sometime back, and decided that one more major failure and we were done. Hence, our sitemeter free and running site today.

unfortunate, I like the features of sitemeter, but they simply hav not been dependable enough for our business sites to tolerate.

Good luck with your sitemeter.
Dave

]]> By: Pam http://www.conversionrater.com/2008/08/01/sitemeter-goes-down-in-ie-takes-thousands-of-sites-with-it/#comment-294780 Pam Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:13:54 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/?p=716#comment-294780 8pm est was when I noticed this problem last night. I have removed the code from all of my pages. While adding sitemeter.com to the security settings in our own web browser, that does not help the people visiting our websites. Like Jan, most of the people visiting my site also use IE, so the code goes. 8pm est was when I noticed this problem last night. I have removed the code from all of my pages.

While adding sitemeter.com to the security settings in our own web browser, that does not help the people visiting our websites. Like Jan, most of the people visiting my site also use IE, so the code goes.

]]> By: Jan http://www.conversionrater.com/2008/08/01/sitemeter-goes-down-in-ie-takes-thousands-of-sites-with-it/#comment-294775 Jan Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:10:37 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/?p=716#comment-294775 Hiya, I am one of those thousands effected :( We have had SM for 10 years and never a problem. My annoyance is that they didn't make people aware! I am more than happy to pay a fee for this, but why didn't they advertise this more? Most people who come to my site do use IE, so this is a nightmare for me, at a critical time :( I have 30,000+ visitors a month :( Hiya, I am one of those thousands effected :( We have had SM for 10 years and never a problem.

My annoyance is that they didn’t make people aware! I am more than happy to pay a fee for this, but why didn’t they advertise this more?

Most people who come to my site do use IE, so this is a nightmare for me, at a critical time :(

I have 30,000+ visitors a month :(

]]> By: Thomas http://www.conversionrater.com/2008/08/01/sitemeter-goes-down-in-ie-takes-thousands-of-sites-with-it/#comment-294772 Thomas Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:02:48 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/?p=716#comment-294772 The ultimate fix, sitemeter.com is the problem. If you go into your internet explorer security settings and add the following to restricted sites then the page loads. http://*.sitemeter.com The ultimate fix, sitemeter.com is the problem. If you go into your internet explorer security settings and add the following to restricted sites then the page loads.
http://*.sitemeter.com

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