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  "content": "---\ntitle: \"benswift.me analytics/tracking update\"\ndescription: \"I've added counter.dev as a lightweight, relatively un-invasive analytics\n  tool. Ad-blocker users still welcome.\"\ntags:\n  - dev\n---\n\nI haven't had any sort of client-side analytics (e.g. Google Analytics) on\n`benswift.me` for a _long_ time (since around 2012 I think---several iterations\nof the site ago). I use an ad-blocker myself, and the whole tracking & analytics\nthing just strikes me as a bit gross.\n\nHowever, it is helpful to know where folks are coming from, and so I recently\ncame across [https://counter.dev](https://counter.dev) as a lightweight,\nrelatively un-invasive tracking platform. So I've added it to the site. If\nyou're browsing with an ad-blocker then you still have my blessing to enjoy the\nstuff I put up here ☺\n\nJust wanted to give y'all the heads up. Let me know what you think in the\ncomments[^comments].\n\n[^comments]:\n    Just kidding, who has the time to moderate comments on a personal webpage\n    these days? If you want to get in touch, email me or write something on your\n    own blog and link me to it---there are lots of ways to have conversations,\n    and I'm keen to have them.\n",
  "createdAt": "2026-05-13T23:14:51.514Z",
  "description": "I've added counter.dev as a lightweight, relatively un-invasive analytics tool. Ad-blocker users still welcome.",
  "path": "/blog/2021/04/08/benswift-me-analytics-tracking-update",
  "publishedAt": "2021-04-08T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:tevykrhi4kibtsipzci76d76/site.standard.publication/self",
  "tags": [
    "dev"
  ],
  "textContent": "I've added counter.dev as a lightweight, relatively un-invasive analytics tool. Ad-blocker users still welcome.",
  "title": "benswift.me analytics/tracking update"
}