Sitemeter Says The Problem Is OUR Fault

Here is one of the reasons Sitemeter gave for the crash of their code:

1 - IE Users viewing pages - There was a problem with users who placed their SiteMeter tracking code outside of their HTML Body Tag. Because of the changes we made this created a failure for visitors viewing sites using Internet Explorer 7.
This is horse shit. On my blogs AND my web site the code is ENTIRELY inside the body tags (or was.) So if they believe this then they are saying that we caused our own headaches. To hell with you Sitemeter. Stop blaming others for your failures.

Your biggest failure was installing new code and then walking away not knowing if the code would work or not. It didn't and it took you 12 to 18 hours to fix it. Shame on you.

Here's the page where they stick it to the users of their code.

When you go to this page you will notice that they turned comments OFF. They know no one is happy with them right now or like me agree with the cause of the failure.

Update: August 5, 2008. Sitemeter has removed the above statement at their blog and replaced it with a more detailed explanation of their crash. It's honest and factual. It doesn't blame the users but themselves. I love to say it: I told you so!

Sitemeter Crashes Web Pages

If you use Sitemeter to keep track of your visitors it may be crashing your site. I use Windows XP with the absolute latest updates and Internet Explorer. Sometime this afternoon (August 1, 2008) any web page that had Sitemeter would crash. Be aware. I can't say what the cause is and I can't get to the Sitemeter web site because it's pages also crash. Is it Sitemeter? Is it Internet Explorer? Is it Windows XP? I have no idea. So far only one web site that uses Sitemeter will load into my web browser and that is the digitaljournalist.org site. Why they don't crash and every other Sitemeter site does is the big question.

City Daily Photo

The web site City Daily Photo has a monthly theme and this month it is metal. Well nothing says metal in southern California like the auto. Many owners take great pride in their metal and customize them. Then there are those owners who really believe that the road is theirs and theirs alone. The photo above shows what happens when two such owners meet in space and time. CRUNCH. Customize junk metal.