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# Location Good, Tracking Dumb
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2009/08/location_good_tracking_dumb/
- Published: 2009-08-21T13:24:11.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T14:36:47.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: geotagging, Journalism, paywalls, Publishing, reporting, X (Twitter)

**A good idea in publishing:**

[Geolocation information in Twitter](http://blog.twitter.com/2009/08/location-location-location.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), and here’s [why it’s a good idea](http://www.buzzmachine.com/2009/08/20/geotwitter-and-news-and-more/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com).

**A bad idea in publishing:**

[Tracking scripts in content](http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/08/what-the-associated-press-tracking-beacon-is-and-what-it-isnt/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), and here’s why [it’s just plain dumb](http://tommorris.org/blog/2009/08/14?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#When:06:19:23).