610792 Thu Apr 09 10:44:34 -0700 2009 2 40 Technical Help 0 4581601 For the last few days, Chowhound has been either very slow loading (even with adblocker) or not loading at all. Today I noticed that during the slow load-up, my status bar was saying "Transferring data from google-analytics ...". What is google analytics? What does it do for the site? Sorry if this is basic tech info. But I'm curious ... Thanks. Thu Apr 09 10:44:34 -0700 2009 104084 LNG212 1 4581899 Google analytics is a service provided by Google to track a lot of site statistics. Some of what is tracked are: Browser and Op systems Geographic location of visitors Peak traffic periods Traffic patterns Numbers of visitors Average number of pages viewed per visitor Sites linking to chow Ad value of the site and a lot more. Thu Apr 09 12:05:31 -0700 2009 4581601 93805 hannaone 2 4582389 Thanks. I had no idea how it was connected to CH and only noticed it because CH has been so sluggish these last few days. Thu Apr 09 14:28:42 -0700 2009 4581899 104084 LNG212