Ghostery: How to find out how much crap is loading from a site

[Mr. Analog]

Ever wanted to see bugs, ad networks and other widgets embedded on a page while you're browsing it? Then Ghostery is for you

Check it out http://www.ghostery.com/

I was trying to explain to someone how much crap is loaded on any given page and they were quite surprised.

[Lazybones]

I have been using it for a long time combined with adblock... It actually makes some sites load in HALF the time or better because they layer on that crap.

[Thorin]

Chrome with FlashBlock + AdBlock + Ghostery is my stack.

Sometimes things don't work on some sites, like commenting systems.  Then I have to play with the Ghostery settings.  But yeah, there is a metric crap-ton of extras loaded on almost every page these days.

[Darren Dirt]

Chrome with FlashBlock + AdBlock + Ghostery is my stack.

Sometimes things don't work on some sites, like commenting systems.  Then I have to play with the Ghostery settings.  But yeah, there is a metric crap-ton of extras loaded on almost every page these days.

It's sad and ironic (sadron*ic?) that years ago people had designed web pages to be loaded quickly due to the reality of web visitors having a wide range of connection speeds (as well as browser versions and CPU power) ... and then all this "high speed everywhere" movement resulted in extreme laziness (and greed/ego-motivated BLOAT!) and now that we have smart phones with relatively slow 3G and data caps ... the average web page is easily a 100k download, but often a LOT more.

PS: scary stuff, to think a single webpage might potentially have this much CRAP:























*like Sad Keanu, but with visual impairment!

[Mr. Analog]

lol

[Lazybones]

cnet.com is fairly heavy with 15 items

[Mr. Analog]

Check out Destructiod!

[Lazybones]

OK it is officially a game, lets find common websites with the HIGHEST count

http://www.wired.com/  (24)
-wait for it to FULLY load the home page... It said 15 for the longest time and took nearly a MIN on high-speed to complete loading the other trackers.

[Mr. Analog]

LOL

Sheez! I got over a minute here, g'gah!

[Lazybones]

Wired appears to have variable tackers since it reports between 19-24 when I have tried the site again afterwards.