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Sitemeter Problems

Posted by: Curt @ 6:33 am in Blogging

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Apparently Sitemeter put some new code into their system last night without testing it and now every blog that uses this meter is affected. It affects only those who use IE7 or 6. I have taken both of my stat counters off the sidebar but it still appears to affect the blog so a quick fix is found here at Hot Air by a commenter:

To fix click on the menu Tools -> Internet Options. Click on the tab Security. Click on the icon Restricted Sites. Click on the button Sites. Type the text ‘*.sitemeter.com’ (without quotes). Click the Add button.

That will fix the problem on the client side.

I did this in IE6 and it worked.

More here.

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5 comments so far

Mike's America

I had both sitemeter and statcounter on my page and did not have the same problem. I took off sitemeter anyway since I never use it.

The whole episode was weird as it was Hot Air, Michelle Malkin and Flopping Aces that refused to load of all the blogs I visted last night.

I thought it was just a conspiracy to shut down the most effective conservatives sites.

Now, I’m disappointed to learn otherwise!

August 2nd, 2008 at 8:12 am

Joan of Argghh!

If you keep sitemeter on your page sideframes, others using IE7 will not be able to see your page. There is a way to keep the meter on your page if you put it into the body of the script. For me, I had to fix it because I’m a paid subscriber and I like the privacy feature as a protection for my commenters’ ISPs.

August 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 am

SoCal Chris

I even prayed for Flopping Aces last night that you’d be protected from hackers and be able to resolve it. A little prayer never hurts anyway, eh? Just glad to see you all again!!

August 2nd, 2008 at 10:06 am

JustADude

http://weblog.sitemeter.com/2008/08/02/sitemeter-ie-issues-resolved/

SiteMeter IE Issues Resolved

Dear SiteMeter Users,

We have become aware of a compatibility issue with our SiteMeter tracking code and IE 7 (possibly IE 6) browsers that started sometime last night.

The problem was related to some work we were doing on the backend system for our upcoming website launch.

We’ve identified and resolved two separate but related issues -

1 - IE Users viewing pages - There was a problem with users who placed their SiteMeter tracking code outside of their HTML Body Tag. Because of the changes we made this created a failure for visitors viewing sites using Internet Explorer 7.

2 - Accessing SiteMeter and Stats - Individuals trying to access or view their SiteMeter stats by clicking on their SiteMeter logo/icons were unable to gain access. This again appears to have affected only individuals using IE7.

At this time both problems have been fixed and our services are fully operational.

For those who removed the SiteMeter code from your pages please be assured that the problem has been resolved and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

Sincerely,
The SiteMeter Team

August 2nd, 2008 at 1:07 pm