RixStix:
Why does the normal flexible footer social media FB, twitter, pinterest, etc function normally on most pages but on product pages use ADDTHIS coding? I'm not sure where else AddThis appears but I just noticed that tracking software was detecting it and we have previously assured our customers that we would have nothing to do with AddThis after their canvas fingerprinting project was discovered.
Can all references and uses of ADDTHIS be removed or disabled? Easily? And just use the normal flexible footer code instead?
ADDTHIS is evil
Wanted to add my three cents..
http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js**#pubid=xa-4ff326d22d3b21a9**
I had gotten in the habit of REMOVING the last part of the AddThis javascript from the Picaflor templates when I use 'em (the part I have highlighted above in red).. If I want AddThis' analytics tracking I go to the AddThis site, signup and get MY OWN AddThis Analytics code.. Not gonna leave someone else's tracking code on mine or a client's site.
The latest changes to the way AddThis works are not to my liking. So I am thinking about implementing a social media sharing tool using one which uses social analytics via the Google Analytics' Social Plugin Analytics.. y clients want INFORMATION on how effective social media has been for the site so they can make REAL strategic decisions. I think the latest Google Analytics feature offers just that..
I have been looking at AddToAny because it requires no signup on the AddToAny site because the AddToAny sharing buttons code already integrates with Google Analytics' Social Plugin Analytics
Being able to see social analytics via an old familiar friend, Google Analytics is appealing.. No need to set up an ADDITIONAL account to view my social analytics stats.. No more AddThis doing whatever it thinks it wants to do with my site information, and no more blindly putting sharing buttons with someone else's tracking account on my sites either..