[BC] google-analytics

[Steve Lewis]

This is a cheap trick you might try:

Edit your "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" file.  Normally it
contains several lines of comments and a single useful entry:

127.0.0.1	localhost

Try adding a line like so:

0.0.0.0 	google-analytics.com

This will effectively block connections to "google-analytics.com" for you.
The same trick can be used on other addresses as well, though to block a
website you may require an extra entry:

0.0.0.0	badsite.com
0.0.0.0	www.badsite.com

Testing your changes will drive you nuts because of browser caching.  It's
probably easiest to test using the ping command (PING BADSITE.COM).

You can use a similar method in NAT routers to cover all your computers (in
the router, I set the address for a game site to something totally different
to keep the kids off the games).  To keep this broadcast-related, you can
control access to porn sites from the studio computer this way, too.

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From: "Ronald J Johnson" <w2wu at verizon.net>

I'm not sure who your Firefox guru is, but I'm getting hit with
Google Analytics on just about all known websites. Need help to permanently
block this tracking effort. I presume Google downloads a small Javascript
urchin (urchin.js) module on all computers.

I'm using the adblock plug-in and can't site block using www.
google-analytics.com/... Why doesn't this work?I suspect it may be necessary
to block all domains. This renders the internet unusable.