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Problems with noobs putting my GA code into their sites

Asked 2010-05-17T14:37:26.323
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I don't mean for the title to be derogatory, but this is a rather frustrating problem, and I'm looking for a good workaround, given a language barrier involved.

I have a site set up for a plugin I wrote, and, rather than use the site's resources to write their own code, I've had people simply rip the code from the samples on the site. Normally, this wouldn't be any issue at all, but they are also taking my Google Analytics instantiation, so my Analytics data is getting very skewed by incorporating visitation data from their websites.

I've been able to contact the English-speaking site owners with little issue. The problem lies in the Japanese language sites that are yanking the code. I have no idea how to ask them to take down the analytics portion.

Long-term, I'm providing a package that streamlines the learning-to-use process, but in the meantime, what can I do about this language barrier? Is there a way around this problem that I haven't thought of?

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Two ideas:

  1. Don't show your actual GA code on your site. Replace it with some filler code that makes it obvious it's meant to be replaced. Since I'm not sure what your plugin is about I'm not sure how practical this is, but I think there must be a way.

  2. Use Google Translate to give foreign users the option to see your page translated into their own language. Google even offers a tool to add a "Choose your language" drop-down to any page. (And of course make sure the most important parts of your site are in plain, easily-translated English.)

Good luck!

answered 2010-05-17T14:41:35.107

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