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Ohh you bring me back memories of 1999 when I was using WebTrends to analyze http access logs. HTTP Log analysis is slow, and requires a lot of server side set
by diegof79 7y ago
Ohh you bring me back memories of 1999 when I was using WebTrends to analyze http access logs.
HTTP Log analysis is slow, and requires a lot of server side setup. Also, it will not give you navigation events in a SPA.
Using GA... just drop a line of JavaScript and you are done, with near real-time insights that are more detailed than an access log. You don’t need any server conf, or extra knowledge (not even JS knowledge: copy & paste the embed code). And Google gives you that for “free”... that’s why tons of sites doesn’t care about Http access log analysis anymore.
For desktop apps is easy too. The GA API is very simple: send the app id, event + any event data you want. Your dev team can do that with self service (no need to setup a service, no extra costs to handle data).