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Anyone who doesn't work at Google wouldn't be able to with absolute certainty be able to answer this question. Anyone who does work at Google wouldn't be allowe

• computator 8y ago
  Thanks for the answer. But couldn't you test it by setting up two very similar websites (not identical because you'd presumably get penalized for duplicating content), in which one uses Google Analytics and the other doesn't, and then watch the ranking over time. If the analytics site does significantly better than the other, that would strongly indicate that Google gives it preference.
  • Topgamer7 8y ago
    It would be a decent undertaking to build two websites with comparable but different content to test search rank. It is also very probably that the search ranking algorithm is nondeterministic.
• Jedi72 8y ago
  If not using GA doesnt affect your page rank, I don't see why Google would need (or even want) to be secretive about it. Only if it does hurt your ranking (how is that huge antitrust lawsuit today feeling Big G??) will they need to be all secretive about it.
  • Topgamer7 8y ago
    It is not in their best interest to be open about everything. From their perspective it is better to leave it a mystery and allow people to assume that it does negatively affect your rank to not use their services. Whether it does or does not affect it. From your perspective, you need a good ranking? You get GA.
    • taneq 8y ago
      It's not a threat. It's the implication.