Comments on: If we track them, do they not tremble? Advocating “Vempathy” http://www.emerkirrane.com/2010/02/22/if-we-track-them-do-they-not-tremble-advocating-%e2%80%9cvempathy%e2%80%9d/ Exploring the half-lit world of web analytics Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Exxx http://www.emerkirrane.com/2010/02/22/if-we-track-them-do-they-not-tremble-advocating-%e2%80%9cvempathy%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Exxx Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:03:56 +0000 http://www.emerkirrane.com/?p=94#comment-179 Hi Claudiu - thanks! :) I've read pieces on forcing permission for tracking but I don't see that actually happening any time soon. Even when sites ask their visitors' permission, it tends to annoy more than anything. It's a bit of a catch-22 situation. The media may have a lot to answer for - it's a great fall-back for scaremongering on a slow news day, but show me a news site that is NOT tracking website visitors. If people can just understand that this is a pretty standard practice and that it's part and parcel of life online, perhaps they would not be so distrustful. I do think it would be great for the WAA to have information for visitors as part of overall eduction on web analytics. There is more to worry about online than tracking code. Exxx Hi Claudiu – thanks! :)
I’ve read pieces on forcing permission for tracking but I don’t see that actually happening any time soon. Even when sites ask their visitors’ permission, it tends to annoy more than anything. It’s a bit of a catch-22 situation. The media may have a lot to answer for – it’s a great fall-back for scaremongering on a slow news day, but show me a news site that is NOT tracking website visitors. If people can just understand that this is a pretty standard practice and that it’s part and parcel of life online, perhaps they would not be so distrustful. I do think it would be great for the WAA to have information for visitors as part of overall eduction on web analytics. There is more to worry about online than tracking code.
Exxx

]]> By: Exxx http://www.emerkirrane.com/2010/02/22/if-we-track-them-do-they-not-tremble-advocating-%e2%80%9cvempathy%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-1356 Exxx Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:03:00 +0000 http://www.emerkirrane.com/?p=94#comment-1356 Hi Claudiu - thanks! :) I've read pieces on forcing permission for tracking but I don't see that actually happening any time soon. Even when sites ask their visitors' permission, it tends to annoy more than anything. It's a bit of a catch-22 situation. The media may have a lot to answer for - it's a great fall-back for scaremongering on a slow news day, but show me a news site that is NOT tracking website visitors. If people can just understand that this is a pretty standard practice and that it's part and parcel of life online, perhaps they would not be so distrustful. I do think it would be great for the WAA to have information for visitors as part of overall eduction on web analytics. There is more to worry about online than tracking code. Exxx Hi Claudiu – thanks! :)
I’ve read pieces on forcing permission for tracking but I don’t see that actually happening any time soon. Even when sites ask their visitors’ permission, it tends to annoy more than anything. It’s a bit of a catch-22 situation. The media may have a lot to answer for – it’s a great fall-back for scaremongering on a slow news day, but show me a news site that is NOT tracking website visitors. If people can just understand that this is a pretty standard practice and that it’s part and parcel of life online, perhaps they would not be so distrustful. I do think it would be great for the WAA to have information for visitors as part of overall eduction on web analytics. There is more to worry about online than tracking code.
Exxx

]]> By: Claudiu http://www.emerkirrane.com/2010/02/22/if-we-track-them-do-they-not-tremble-advocating-%e2%80%9cvempathy%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Claudiu Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:52:15 +0000 http://www.emerkirrane.com/?p=94#comment-177 Hi Emer. Spot on, like usual. :) In EU they are even going to enforce a law through which website will have to require permission from the users in order to track him. It's not clear how that is going to be done, but anyway, I believe such a law would be against the end users actually. Without the collected data, how can small website afford to optimized their performance? I believe the key is education of the "visitors" and I think WAA should get this on their agenda as soon as possible. Hi Emer. Spot on, like usual. :)

In EU they are even going to enforce a law through which website will have to require permission from the users in order to track him. It’s not clear how that is going to be done, but anyway, I believe such a law would be against the end users actually. Without the collected data, how can small website afford to optimized their performance?

I believe the key is education of the “visitors” and I think WAA should get this on their agenda as soon as possible.

]]> By: Claudiu http://www.emerkirrane.com/2010/02/22/if-we-track-them-do-they-not-tremble-advocating-%e2%80%9cvempathy%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-1355 Claudiu Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:52:00 +0000 http://www.emerkirrane.com/?p=94#comment-1355 Hi Emer. Spot on, like usual. :) In EU they are even going to enforce a law through which website will have to require permission from the users in order to track him. It's not clear how that is going to be done, but anyway, I believe such a law would be against the end users actually. Without the collected data, how can small website afford to optimized their performance? I believe the key is education of the "visitors" and I think WAA should get this on their agenda as soon as possible. Hi Emer. Spot on, like usual. :)

In EU they are even going to enforce a law through which website will have to require permission from the users in order to track him. It’s not clear how that is going to be done, but anyway, I believe such a law would be against the end users actually. Without the collected data, how can small website afford to optimized their performance?

I believe the key is education of the “visitors” and I think WAA should get this on their agenda as soon as possible.

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