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Interesting to see the high numbers for GA. A bit of ‘do as I say, not as I do’ going on?

pcr910303 7y ago
Probably because there isn’t a good free analytics service that is easy to use (no need for self-hosting) and is able to collect the info that one wants. GA is free, and easy.
- arbol 7y ago
  Piwik is free and does everything GA does. You can self host the analytics dashboard so no 3rd party privacy issues.
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  - seanwilson 7y ago
    Self hosting is about as far from easy as you can get though.
- floatingatoll 7y ago
  “User privacy is only great so long as it’s effortless for the site operator”?
oefrha 7y ago
Every time I see a privacy outrage thread over here I think about how many readers/commenters on this site work for advertising/tracking companies or companies whose products include tracking code. (Full disclosure: I don’t.)
- remus 7y ago
  And the number of readers who just aren't that bothered (and are even less bothered about getting in to an argument on the internet about it).
jacquesm 7y ago
This was sourced from a posting asking people to promote their blog. People that promote their blogs are likely going to have some kind of analytics tool installed. Also, lots of blog platform sites come with analytics built in and some of those use Google.
WilliamEdward 7y ago
Or perhaps you think there are more people against GA here than there actually are.
geerlingguy 7y ago
I've wanted to dump GA forever, but it was only a year or so ago I finally took the plunge and set up Fathom analytics on my sites. Now I'm happier with the faster load times and the ability to control my own analytics data (though some of it is more limited since no cookies are used)... but I do have one more small VPS I'm maintaining pretty much in perpetuity (eventually it'll move to a personal K8s cluster but resources still cost a little). The friction is just great enough that most people still stick with GA, since it's already pretty much everywhere.

Probably because there isn’t a good free analytics service that is easy to use (no need for self-hosting) and is able to collect the info that one wants. GA is free, and easy.

arbol 7y ago
Piwik is free and does everything GA does. You can self host the analytics dashboard so no 3rd party privacy issues.
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- seanwilson 7y ago
  Self hosting is about as far from easy as you can get though.
floatingatoll 7y ago
“User privacy is only great so long as it’s effortless for the site operator”?

oefrha 7y ago

Every time I see a privacy outrage thread over here I think about how many readers/commenters on this site work for advertising/tracking companies or companies whose products include tracking code. (Full disclosure: I don’t.)

remus 7y ago
And the number of readers who just aren't that bothered (and are even less bothered about getting in to an argument on the internet about it).

jacquesm 7y ago

This was sourced from a posting asking people to promote their blog. People that promote their blogs are likely going to have some kind of analytics tool installed. Also, lots of blog platform sites come with analytics built in and some of those use Google.

WilliamEdward 7y ago

Or perhaps you think there are more people against GA here than there actually are.

geerlingguy 7y ago

I've wanted to dump GA forever, but it was only a year or so ago I finally took the plunge and set up Fathom analytics on my sites. Now I'm happier with the faster load times and the ability to control my own analytics data (though some of it is more limited since no cookies are used)... but I do have one more small VPS I'm maintaining pretty much in perpetuity (eventually it'll move to a personal K8s cluster but resources still cost a little). The friction is just great enough that most people still stick with GA, since it's already pretty much everywhere.