What percentage of internet users disable JavaScript?

Discussion in 'JavaScript' started by andy_boyd, Oct 21, 2005.

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    AdSense, YPN and Chitika all use JavaScript to serve their ads.

    Does anyone know what percentage of internet users disable JavaScript? Is there any way I can find out how many of my visitors do not have JavaScript enabled?

    Thanks for your help!
     
    andy_boyd, Oct 21, 2005 IP
  2. Cricket

    Cricket Well-Known Member

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    Here ya go!

    Browser Statistics


    Cricket
     
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  3. andy_boyd

    andy_boyd Active Member

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    Thanks Cricket!

    It looks like up to 10% of people have JavaScript turned off - that's a lot of impressions with no ads!
     
    andy_boyd, Oct 21, 2005 IP
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    blinxdk Peon

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    5% of my visitors don't have javascript support. Not sure if that includes bots though, that would explain quite a few percent.
     
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    andy_boyd Active Member

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    Very interesting blinxdk ... that means 5% of your visitors see no AdSense / Chitika!

    I'm going to go through all my sites and add a couple of lines of code so that if JavaScript is turned off they will be served something. Here's what I'm using ... just plonk it in after your ad unit:

    <noscript>
    <a href="http://www.someaffiliatescheme.com/?id=1">Bla bla bla</a>
    </noscript>

    This doesn't alter any code from AdSense / YPN or Chitika so is fully complient. Using it along with alternate ads when PSAs display should help revenue. :)
     
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    Definitely doesn't, bots don't load javascript.

    This is why log based analytics often show way more uniques than tag (javascript) based ones do.
     
    KunkVentures, Jul 19, 2007 IP
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    Guys you also have to factor in those firefox users who have the popular extension adblock, which I am sure you can all guess its function. It works quite well and did actually have me wondering for a while once why ads werent showing up
     
    ds316, Jul 22, 2007 IP
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    Yes they do. Google bot DEFINITELY loads and reads several different pieces of javascript.
     
    1EightT, Jul 22, 2007 IP