Tracking Tumblr Dashboard Activity: “No Can Do”
(FYI: If you embed Javascript in an anchor HREF on Tumblr, it’ll work on the front-end of your site but they attach “denied:” for display on the dashboard. That distinction makes no sense to me. I guess someone at Tumblr is worried about someone running a bookmarklet or something that ruins their pretty, pretty dashboard. All I can ask is that whoever makes “missing e” adds in a script to rip that “denied:” out so that we can alert-box ourselves until we’re blue in the face!)
gbattle sez:
Any and all efforts to track Tumblr dashboard activity will be thwarted - Javascript, images/pixels, etc. Even look at their YouTube & Vimeo implementation, the embed is on-demand only. Though I was initially annoyed by this, I admire Tumblr for being consistent regarding dashboard tracking and recognize that if they ever want to explore monetization strategies, owning this core inventory will be essential. It took a great deal of foresight (and I’d imagine convincing of investors) to see this value from the very beginning. Kudos.
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Rafer sez: @gbattle Not with ya. You brought up my only peeve with Tumblr. It’d only be ok if Tumblr provided at least...
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gbattle sez: Any and all efforts...dashboard activity will be thwarted - Javascript,...
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