GA Opt Out | Sloth

The following will allow library staff to hide their activity on the SKOR site from Google Analytics trackers. By doing so, we can effectively monitor just patron activity without tainting that data with our own actions. This can be particularly advantageous when performing functions such as link testing and page creation, which requires multiple page visits. This provides us with legitimate patron usage statistics and uncorrupted data for cost benefit analysis. This add-on is made and managed by Google and considered "safe." It is also extremely lightweight and should not impact device performance in any noticeable way.

Staff should add this every browser they use to access SKOR sites.

Necessary Applications:

• Microsoft Edge or another browser
• Google Analytics Opt-out (browser Add-on)

Necessary Sites:

• Chrome Web Store

Time: <5 minutes

1. Open the Chrome Web Store page for the Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on; you may get a popup asking to make Chrome your default browser, click 'No thanks' (Show Image)
   
    
2. Click either of the blue buttons (one labeled 'Get extension' and the other simply 'Get') (Show Image)
   
    
3. In the popup, click 'Add extension' (Show Image)
   
    
4. You will receive a popup notifying you that you have loaded the Add-On; close the popup using the ✕ in the upper righthand corner (Show Image)
   
    
5. To the right of the address bar, you should see an icon that looks like a puzzle piece; click that icon and then click the icon that looks like a crossed-out eye next to 'Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on' (Show Image)
   
   If you do not see the puzzle piece icon, click the ellipsis at the end of the address row, then right click 'Extensions' and select 'Show in toolbar'; you can now perform the previous step (Show Image)
   
    
6. You should now see this icon in the toolbar to the right of the address bar; right click that icon and select 'Manage extension' (Show Image)
   
    
7. In the next step you will be pasting data; click this button to copy the SKOR address to your clipboard (you will not see anything happen)
   
    
8. In step 6 a new tab called 'Extensions' was opened; select that tab if you're not already in it, click the 'Site access' pulldown, and select 'On specific sites' (Show Image)
   A popup will open; in the 'Site' blank press Ctrl+V, then click 'Add' (Show Image)
   
    
9. You're all set. You can now close the 'Extensions' and 'Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on' tab in your browser. Your future activity in SKOR will not be recorded by Google Analytics.