Google +1 button for dpl.org?

Daniel Gibson metalcaedes at gmail.com
Mon Jul 25 14:44:13 PDT 2011


Am 25.07.2011 07:03, schrieb Nick Sabalausky:
> "Daniel Gibson"<metalcaedes at gmail.com>  wrote in message
> news:j0co24$1cl7$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Am 14.07.2011 06:56, schrieb Nick Sabalausky:
>>> "Jerry Quinn"<jlquinn at optonline.net>   wrote in message
>>> news:ivlpao$1td9$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> This seemed like the right place to toss this out...
>>>>
>>>> What do folks think of adding a google +1 button to
>>>> d-programming-language.org?  I just created a google+ account and
>>>> discovered it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I strongly believe that Dig/Twitface/etc buttons DO NOT belong on misc
>>> pages
>>> across the web. If someone wants to go "marking" (or whatever the term
>>> is)
>>> different sites or pages with those services, then that belongs in
>>> something
>>> that's orthogonal to the pages themselves, such as a browser feature or
>>> plugin. The current trend of embedding it in each page on the web just
>>> drags
>>> us all back to the dark ages when every application came with it's own
>>> set
>>> of drivers or {insert your own example of absurd non-orthogonality}. It
>>> makes absolutely no sense.
>>>
>>
>> Also, like Facebooks like buttons, it helps Google (or Facebook) to track
>> your browsing behavior (even if you're not using their services).
>
> Yet another reason to keep JS turned off ;)
>
>

I don't think that will help. I think these Buttons are integrated with 
iframes like this (example from spiegel.de:

<iframe 
src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?locale=de_DE&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fspam%2F0%2C1518%2C776477%2C00.html&layout=standard&show_faces=false&width=480&action=recommend&font=verdanad&&colorscheme=light&height=22" 
[etc] ></iframe>

So they get your IP (from the request to their server) and the page you 
look at (as part of the requested facebook page from the iframe).
Probably cookies are used as well, but I don't know.

Cheers,
- Daniel


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