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> No 3rd party analytics service can provide more accurate data than server logs. None This is very, very wrong. Parsing server logs can give you a lot of data
by BinaryIdiot 11y ago
> No 3rd party analytics service can provide more accurate data than server logs. None
This is very, very wrong. Parsing server logs can give you a lot of data but parsing the data directly from the client (ala Google analytics) can give you so, so much more. Data about the client itself, demographic information (beyond ip address locations) and information regarding their interests when hooked into a system that's present on many other sites.
Server logs are a great starting point but the amount of relevant data a third party service can give you is so great most are willing to make the tradeoff and use them. I'd rather have all analytics in house but that extra data can be invaluable.
- guelo 11y agoYes, an individual website can't track you throughout the whole web and compile a demographics and interest dosier. Only advertisers have that capability because their Javascript is served up by thousands of websites. But that's the whole conondrum! Advertisers want to track, people do not want to be tracked, thus adblockers.
- BinaryIdiot 11y agoBut it's not just that. Server logs do not give you other information that client tracking can gain such as regional and and client information. In all honestly I would be fine losing some of the information that only comes from creating a dossier on a user and bringing the tracking in house it's just a lot of work and services like Google Analytics give that to you for free so it's hard to just ignore especially at a start-up.