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"LinkedIn says 11, our server logs show 10, our actual reporting software's only showing 8 people. The only reason that we would not see them pop up in this logging tool is that they were on the site and bounced so quickly that the logging tool was unable to load and capture anything of their session [We've went back and forth will the session recording company multiple times to confirm that]"

Seems awareness of ad/trackblocking and disabling JavaScript is low in this space.

Still, he could absolutely be right some portion of them are misclicks.

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> The only reason that we would not see them pop up in this logging tool is that they were on the site and bounced so quickly that the logging tool was unable to load and capture anything of their session.

I'm really happy to hear this shows up in site metrics, since it's exactly what I do when I follow a link into ad-laden crap. I don't block ads by default, but I also have zero tolerance for keeping crap open.

Or the pop-up filled marketing sites. "Come chat with us." "Click this big banner for a discount." "Come to this webinar if you can't find the small X to close this banner." "This site uses cookies." "Watch these fifty background animations play."

I remember this JS prank, where you tried chasing the close X all over the screen.

Sadly, it is quite close to what actually happens.

Ctrl-w or cmd-w have saved me many times.

I'm sure Facebook will be lower than this in terms of awareness of adblock, considering the number of oldies there (including my relatives) who can't distinguish between sponsored content and original content. I'm honestly surprised LinkedIn has such high numbers, since I assumed the LinkedIn crowd would be more technologically savvy.

Tech savvy crowd and engineers probably only use linkedin once a full moon to fill out their details. The rest are recruiters, PR, management, students, and so on. Those are the regulars. You don't use linkedin when you have a job unless that is your job.

Yes that's exactly it, if they removed all the timeline I'm not sure I would even notice. I use Linkedin only for the messaging and the CVs.

Employed engineer here. I use linkedin to network and as a result I get a few inbound recruiting requests a week. Most are contract roles I'm not interested in, but some are for interesting companies that I wouldn't have found on a job board. I try to take interviews for the latter.

Going through an interview with nothing to lose helps me keep up my networking and interviewing soft skills. The best time to find a job is when you don't need one.

I meant tech savvy as in the younger crowd, who would know about adblockers. That would include students, tech workers , bankers, the whole lot.

Back in my old firm, I knew a ton of bankers and consultants who used LinkedIn regularly (mostly for stalking top performers).

Maybe back in the earlier years, but nowadays it's got just about everybody from all manner of professions.

I think the parent comment is about adblock awareness by advertisers. One reason their invasive tracking might say they have less visitors than their ad network is because some of the people clicking their ads block their invasive tracking.

The users we are talking about started by clicking an ad on LinkedIn. Seems pretty safe to assume they're not running ad blockers?

What do you think are all those articles on your LinkedIn feed?

DNS filtering or some lists focusing on privacy would definitely block one but not the other

The type of people that have adblocking on likely would not have clicked / loaded / seen the LinkedIn ad in the first place, no?

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