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Anyone else miss Urchin? Google bought them and used it to build Analytics. For me at least, Urchin was vastly superior. I feel like Analytics is built for site
by blakesterz 8y ago
Anyone else miss Urchin? Google bought them and used it to build Analytics. For me at least, Urchin was vastly superior. I feel like Analytics is built for sites that run Google Ads to sell more ads. Urchin was for people who ran websites who wanted to learn more about their site and readers.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoI loved the hosted version of Urchin that processed web server logs locally (or would grab them remotely with ssh/sftp/ftp). A shame that product was deprecated post-acquisition.
- whalesalad 8y agoMy favorite analytics tool was Mint from Shaun Inman.
- caro_douglos 8y agoI always reminisce about it when I see that urchin.js snippet.. It was *superior. Often times when people ran into a wall within GA they would flock to Urchin and its fairly reasonable price. https://www.cardinalpath.com/what-is-google-urchin-the-difference-between-urchin-and-google-analytics/ https://www.cardinalpath.com/what-is-google-urchin-the-diffe...