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You know, I would love an official API and several other features mentioned. But what I really want to see is faster serving of the Javascript included in my p

by lux 18y ago

You know, I would love an official API and several other features mentioned. But what I really want to see is faster serving of the Javascript included in my pages. Several times recently, I've gone to my sites and it seems to never finish loading because Analytics is being slow again. It's at the foot of the page and installed correctly, but since it doesn't finish or close its connection it keeps the loading icon spinning forever which makes some users think there's still more to come. The last thing any analytics package should do is decrease the speed perception of your site. Simple solution: a) We download and install the Javascript on our end -- less for Google to serve, so they can focus on just saving the data. b) They email us whenever a new version of the Javascript comes out, so we can update our copies. That's not so hard, is it? Analytics is a nice stats interface, but it doesn't feel like it's been improved much (except for a new skin) in a long time. Expecting the above to be fixed, even just by improving the speed/stability of their JS serving, is the least we can hope for really.

ComputerGuru 18y ago
Number 1 is already possible and its even advised by Google. However, you don't get email updates. I can't find the link that advises its use right now, but this link talks about hosting ga.js on your server: http://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?answer=69588&useful=1&show_useful=1&comment= http://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?...
- lux 18y ago
  That page seems to only be talking about the switch from their old to their new javascript include, which is still hosted by them... But without email notices, hosting it yourself isn't really a viable or stable option unfortunately.
schammy 18y ago
That's EXACTLY what we do at Clicky - http://getclicky.com http://getclicky.com We support the option to host the javascript yourself, but before you can do that, you must check a box that says "I am hosting it myself". This flags that user/site in our database, so whenever we release updates to the javascript, we can automatically notify all of the users that there is a new version available. We make a lot of minor modifications to the code but usually only announce updates when there are new features in it, or if certain features of the old tracking code may no longer work for some reason (this has never happened so far but I can't guarantee it will always be that way) PS: I'm the Clicky developer, so that's why I know all this.
- lux 18y ago
  Sweet, and a nice API to boot! For your site limits, how is that counted? We're launching a new service with lots of aliases to essentially the same site (sub domains for different users), but on our server it's just one physical site handling it all. Would that be considered multiple sites in your system? If so, that may not work out (we'd quickly exhaust the 20 in your mega plan), but if not then we may be able use it. Thanks for the link! PS. Looking at your Roxr page, sounds like you guys are doing pretty well with Clicky -- right on! :)
  - schammy 18y ago
    We can work out a deal for sites like that that just have lots of sub-domains. Just contact us via email if you sign up and need something special like that.

by lux 18y ago

ComputerGuru 18y ago

Number 1 is already possible and its even advised by Google. However, you don't get email updates. I can't find the link that advises its use right now, but this link talks about hosting ga.js on your server: http://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?answer=69588&useful=1&show_useful=1&comment= http://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?...

lux 18y ago
That page seems to only be talking about the switch from their old to their new javascript include, which is still hosted by them... But without email notices, hosting it yourself isn't really a viable or stable option unfortunately.

schammy 18y ago

That's EXACTLY what we do at Clicky - http://getclicky.com http://getclicky.com We support the option to host the javascript yourself, but before you can do that, you must check a box that says "I am hosting it myself". This flags that user/site in our database, so whenever we release updates to the javascript, we can automatically notify all of the users that there is a new version available. We make a lot of minor modifications to the code but usually only announce updates when there are new features in it, or if certain features of the old tracking code may no longer work for some reason (this has never happened so far but I can't guarantee it will always be that way) PS: I'm the Clicky developer, so that's why I know all this.

lux 18y ago
Sweet, and a nice API to boot! For your site limits, how is that counted? We're launching a new service with lots of aliases to essentially the same site (sub domains for different users), but on our server it's just one physical site handling it all. Would that be considered multiple sites in your system? If so, that may not work out (we'd quickly exhaust the 20 in your mega plan), but if not then we may be able use it. Thanks for the link! PS. Looking at your Roxr page, sounds like you guys are doing pretty well with Clicky -- right on! :)
- schammy 18y ago
  We can work out a deal for sites like that that just have lots of sub-domains. Just contact us via email if you sign up and need something special like that.