Will Statcounter compromise privacy?

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  lindacassidylewis · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 9:54 pm

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  If I have a private blog, can I use a third-party stats compiler like Statcounter on it, or will that compromise the privacy?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  aaroncohenphotography · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 9:58 pm

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  Possibly. What do you need that Statcounter has that the WordPress stats page doesn’t? You should try emailing them or suggesting an idea for stats in the Idea forum if there’s certain features they should add.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 10:02 pm

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  Yes, you can use statcounter and/or sitemeter and other non-Javacript third party visitor trackers. Scroll down to visitor tracking on this page. The blog linked to your username is “public” so I’m puzzled by your question. Anything we place on our blogs that tracks visitors to some degree or another does record data. For example this is what I get from sitemeter:
  Recent Visitors by Visit Details
  Detail Domain Name Visit Time PageViews Visit Length
  Recent Visitors by Entry Pages
  Recent Visitors by Exit Pages
  Today’s Visits and Page Views
  Previous 7 Days
  Previous 30 Days
  Previous 12 Months

  Navigation
  Trends Location
  Tracking Visitor
  Tracking Web
  Browsers
  Today’s Visit Depth
  Daily Visit Depth
  Daily Durations
  Continents
  Countries
  Distance
  Time Zones
  Language
  OS
  Domain
  Organization

  Browser Share
  JavaScript
  Monitor Resolution
  Color Depth

  Recent Visitors
  World Map
  Recent Visitors by Location

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  timethief · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 10:06 pm

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  @aacohen97
  There is no need to contact Staff or to post a thread into the Ideas Forum at all. Any non-JavaScript visitor tracking programs can be used on free hosted WordPress.com blogs and I have used and reviewed most but not all of them.

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  lindacassidylewis · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 11:03 pm

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  Timethief, yes, the blog linked to my avatar is a public one. The one I’m asking about is private, so I didn’t think it would be of any use to link to that. I’ve been using StatCounter on my public blog for years. What I don’t know is, if I use that service on my private blog, will that somehow reveal the existence of that blog to the public.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 11:07 pm

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  I’m sorry but I can’t say definitively either yes or no to your question. I don’t know. (If you want a personal response then I wouldn’t risk it. But do know that’s coming from a blogger who is not a stats watcher and many maybe even most bloggers are. )

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  lindacassidylewis · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 11:14 pm

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  I’m a watcher, but also cautious, so I guess I’ll leave well enough alone. Thanks for your help.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 11:29 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes for happy blogging.