: Scorecardresearch dot com: weird tracking pixel I'm seeing very weird behaviour in relation to this domain and a tracking image. On a specific page on our site, I'm seeing a script that's being
I'm seeing very weird behaviour in relation to this domain and a tracking image. On a specific page on our site, I'm seeing a script that's being added dynamically, apparently via flash (I wasn't even aware that flash could alter the DOM ...) That script is located at:
scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js
When I request that URL, I see a 1x1 gif. Another weird point is that this domain appears to break all the web-based whois tools; entering that domain results in a 1x1 gif. This is even to the extent where, if I enter scorecardresearch.com into the Title as part of this question, GIF code appears just below it! Hence, the "dot" in the title.
The only 'unusual' thing on the page is a slideshare 'widget', which is flash-based - that's why I'm concluding that flash is altering the DOM.
Anyone know what is going on here? How concerned should I be?
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That JavaScript file gives me a 404 error.
From their website:
ScorecardResearch, a service of Full
Circle Studies, Inc., is part of the
comScore, Inc. market research
community, a leading global market
research effort that studies and
reports on Internet trends and
behavior. ScorecardResearch conducts
research by collecting Internet web
browsing data and then uses that data
to help show how people use the
Internet, what they like about it, and
what they don’t.
ScorecardResearch collects data
through from two main sources: surveys
and web tagging. For our surveys, we
invite people on the Internet to
provide us with anonymous demographic
and Internet usage information that we
can use to refine our reporting. These
surveys are always voluntary, and are
never used to collect personal
information. For web tagging,
participating websites agree to deploy
a special code throughout their sites.
Again, no personally identifiable
information is ever transmitted by, or
linked to, the web tags.
Learn more about ScorecardResearch and our market research programs.
ComScore is a legit tracking company as they are frequently quoted in relation to website traffic and browser statistics.
What I want to know is why you have something on your site that you don't know anything about. Did you put the flash there If not why not remove it? If so, shouldn't whomever provided it tell you about what it does?
FYI, Whois info:
Registrant: TMRG, INC.
11950 Democracy Dr.
Suite 600
Reston, VA 20190
US
Domain Name: SCORECARDRESEARCH.COM
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Administrator, Domain
TMRG, INC.
11950 Democracy Dr.
Suite 600
Reston, VA 20190
US
703-438-2000 fax: 512-727-3144
Record expires on 01-Nov-2011.
Record created on 01-Nov-2007.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1-213.AKAM.NET
NS1-86.AKAM.NET
USE1.AKAM.NET
USE3.AKAM.NET
USW2.AKAM.NET 65.166.152.131
USW4.AKAM.NET
USW5.AKAM.NET 63.241.73.214
EUR2.AKAM.NET
linked to, the web tags.
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