> Landy Landy wrote:
> >> If you are desperate for bandwidth I suggest to
> block
> >> ads (e.g. a.rad.msn.com) and 'user behaviour
> analysis'
> >> (e.g. scorecardresearch.com).
> >>
> >> Furthermore, you may consider blocking mp3 files.
> >> Depending on what type of users you have, this can
> save
> >> a lot of bandwidth.
> >>
> >
> > Blocking is not an option. I have a small WISP and
> blocking stuff won't work for us though I'm blocking p2p by
> default to everyone except for those who call me and ask if
> it can be enabled for magicjack and other services.
>
> Blocking scorecardresearch.com is invisible to users since
> it just
> produces a 1x1 pixel gif that is unused for the visual
> display.
> Blocking it makes their internet experience faster.
> There are many websites who do this type of 'user behaviour
> analysis'.
>
> Blocking advertisements is debatable.
> Maybe your users want to see them or maybe
> they want a faster internet. I have seen
> Squid log files where the microsoft ad + yahoo ad
> + google ads took 25% of the total bandwidth.
> Just check on your server how much percent the URLs for
> rad.msn.com
> adserver.yahoo.com
> pagead2.googlesyndication.com
> consume.
If that's the case I don't mind blocking it. Please guide me on how to do it.
Thanks.
