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I don't like the fact that you silently assume everybody has Google Analytics installed on their site. You don't even consider telling people that they need tha
by fiatjaf 9y ago
I don't like the fact that you silently assume everybody has Google Analytics installed on their site. You don't even consider telling people that they need that.
- oh_sigh 9y agoStep 2 begins with "Open Google Analytics"
- amelius 9y agoYes, so let's assume the reader isn't aware they have to integrate GA (or perhaps they don't even know what it's for). 1. They perform step 1, ok. 2. They open GA (what for? well let's just open it) 3. Click the bookmark, ok. 4. Strange, nothing seems to happen. 5. Fiddle a bit. Maybe it's my website, let's restart the server. 6. Reaction, eventually: this sucks.
- geekamongus 9y ago> (or perhaps they don't even know what it's for) Then they are not likely going to need this service in the first place.
- lemagedurage 9y agoSeems far fetched. I bet the amount of people who - own a site - are unaware of GA - execute step 1 without reading 2 ... and... - know how to restart their server ... is exactly 0.
- Doctor_Fegg 9y agoLet's put this in a more positive way. This is great! Have you considered adding a Piwik-compatible option?
- fiatjaf 9y agoPiwik? I don't want a Piwik-compatible option. I'm not even complaining about Google Analytics, I'm just saying it doesn't sound well to just tell people to open Google Analytics. I would complain the same way if a website promised a guide to calculate interest rates and started the article with "Open Excel...". Adding a "For this to work you'll need Google Analytics installed in your site" notice would solve everything.
- nsgi 9y agoWhy is that necessary? The "open Google Analytics" part makes it clear enough. It's not as if they're an interpreter that is going to crash when they see something they can't logically do ;)