What’s Loading in the Background When You Visit a Website?

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Website tracking continues to spin out of control, collecting your data and repackaging it for sale. Sometimes what loads in the background can be helpful. Other times, providing data to site owners. And sometimes, it’s nearly impossible to tell what’s actually loading behind the scenes.

Here’s a breakdown of what’s loading in the background on some of the world’s most popular website courtesy of Ghostery.

About the Author

Paul Dughi is the CEO at StrongerContent.com with more than 30 years of experience as a journalist, content strategist, and Emmy-award winning writer/producer. Paul has earned more than 30 regional and national awards for journalistic excellence and earned credentials in SEO, content marketing, and AI optimization from Google. HubSpot, Moz, Facebook, LinkedIn, SEMRush, eMarketing Institute, Local Media Association, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), and Vanderbilt University.