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Speaking of self hosted analytics, I used to use Piwik and it was great. It's called Matomo now https://matomo.org/ https://matomo.org/

by jotm 7y ago

mxuribe 7y ago
> ... I used to use... I recently actually started using matomo (away from google analytics)...So I'm curious why you seemed to no longer use it?? Is there something that i should be wary about now using matomo?
- basilgohar 7y ago
  I have not found any issue with the software since the name change.
- jotm 7y ago
  Oh, no, I just have no use for it now :) I expect Matomo to be even better, after all this time.
  - mxuribe 7y ago
    Ah ok, understood; whew. Thanks for the clarification!
- Lerain 7y ago
  I am a great fan (as much as one can be a fan of an analytics tool) and advocate for matomo. They even have server log analytics with no client-side tracking whatsoever. We're using it for a big variety of clients small to big and sure, it's less capable than Google Analytics, but then again – most of our clients are just interested in simple visitor statistics to validate certain assumptions, not whether or not James Doe's engagement with our site has been 4.32% better after his second Flat White at Starbucks. When ever there's a viable alternative to a Google product – go for it. Matomo is 100% viable and I feel much better tracking (anonymous!) user-behavior this way.
Findus23 7y ago
And speaking of WordPress analytics: There is now a new official WordPress plugin that contains a whole Matomo instance, so you don't need to set it up seperatly. https://matomo.org/blog/2019/10/matomo-analytics-for-wordpress-beta/ https://matomo.org/blog/2019/10/matomo-analytics-for-wordpre...
Lammy 7y ago
This project seems to use Matomo's referer blacklist, so there is hopefully some cross-pollination between the similar projects: https://github.com/ibericode/koko-analytics/commit/d5307739224316e3c371c61377d667e3f295bfbb#diff-75953ddd585df937aab5bff1b7626ad0 https://github.com/ibericode/koko-analytics/commit/d53077392... (Both are GPLv3, so there's no licensing issue or anything; Just caught my eye.)

Speaking of self hosted analytics, I used to use Piwik and it was great. It's called Matomo now https://matomo.org/ https://matomo.org/

by jotm 7y ago

Speaking of self hosted analytics, I used to use Piwik and it was great. It's called Matomo now https://matomo.org/ https://matomo.org/

mxuribe 7y ago

> ... I used to use... I recently actually started using matomo (away from google analytics)...So I'm curious why you seemed to no longer use it?? Is there something that i should be wary about now using matomo?

basilgohar 7y ago
I have not found any issue with the software since the name change.
jotm 7y ago
Oh, no, I just have no use for it now :) I expect Matomo to be even better, after all this time.
- mxuribe 7y ago
  Ah ok, understood; whew. Thanks for the clarification!
Lerain 7y ago
I am a great fan (as much as one can be a fan of an analytics tool) and advocate for matomo. They even have server log analytics with no client-side tracking whatsoever. We're using it for a big variety of clients small to big and sure, it's less capable than Google Analytics, but then again – most of our clients are just interested in simple visitor statistics to validate certain assumptions, not whether or not James Doe's engagement with our site has been 4.32% better after his second Flat White at Starbucks. When ever there's a viable alternative to a Google product – go for it. Matomo is 100% viable and I feel much better tracking (anonymous!) user-behavior this way.

Findus23 7y ago

And speaking of WordPress analytics: There is now a new official WordPress plugin that contains a whole Matomo instance, so you don't need to set it up seperatly. https://matomo.org/blog/2019/10/matomo-analytics-for-wordpress-beta/ https://matomo.org/blog/2019/10/matomo-analytics-for-wordpre...

Lammy 7y ago

This project seems to use Matomo's referer blacklist, so there is hopefully some cross-pollination between the similar projects: https://github.com/ibericode/koko-analytics/commit/d5307739224316e3c371c61377d667e3f295bfbb#diff-75953ddd585df937aab5bff1b7626ad0 https://github.com/ibericode/koko-analytics/commit/d53077392... (Both are GPLv3, so there's no licensing issue or anything; Just caught my eye.)