However the main reason I find people dont put it in, is because it is such a performance drag. I have seen sites that load in under 2 seconds, when the Google Analytics code is added, that the load time rockets up to over 10 seconds.

I am sure you are well aware of the 5 second rule, where if your site hasnt loaded and grabbed your visitors attention in 5 seconds or less, you have now lost that potential client.

I use Piwik for site statistics. It’s a free PHP script that provides the same kind of information as Google Analytics without having Google looking over your shoulder. Being a PHP script, you have to do the installation yourself but it’s pretty simple. I recommend putting it on its own domain, though it will happily run in a subdomain. You could install it in a subfolder on an existing domain but it might impact the page loading speed of that domain, especially on a shared hosting account.

Gary

Ezine feeds off of free content much to their financial favor -your are giving them free quality content and they are making millions on it. Your sweat is free for them, think about it.

Ezine articles is censoring anything to protect their own interests due to pressures from google, the government and corporate interests.

I am so sick of censorship on the net, and its time that Ezine gets off their pedestal -another article directory will take its place.

They don’t own the internet. By the way, how to make a bomb, or poison someone is also available on the internet, but that is allowed?

You want to get even? Write all your articles in an ebook and sell it on clickbank, or anywhere else you want….they should not profit from your work then turn around and slam your work because it happens to be the truth and it works.

Screw them!

Install MalwareBytes on your PC and see if it identifies anything suspicious. No one bit of kit will identify all viruses and I’ve found you need to utilize 2 or 3 apps to scan your PC. I currently use the ZoneAlarm (they have a 50% sale on at the moment) internet security app and the free version of Avira. One or other of those usually alerts me to an infection, but a weekly run with MalwareBytes has picked up the odd thing that the other apps missed. I’ve heard some good thing about Microsoft Security Essentials (also free) but it’s not an app I use myself.

Gary

regarding the video tutorial this one by Mark Dulisse is also can be useful to help you get the maximum benefit of your X copy. here is a youtube teaser http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TisxjDukjNM

Erich