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If folks think this load broke analytics please think again. Is there no critical thinking left out there in journalism? Do folks understand the scale analytics

If folks think this load broke analytics please think again. Is there no critical thinking left out there in journalism? Do folks understand the scale analytics operates at? Some quick questions Did they actually pay for analytics 360? If not, did they do 10 million hits in a month for a property? if so - they may be over the limit of 10 million / month. More on differences here: https://blog.littledata.io/2018/02/28/google-analytics-360-versus-the-free-version/ https://blog.littledata.io/2018/02/28/google-analytics-360-v... Analytics 360 runs 12K+/month from memory, but someone probably has more recent info.

fuzzy2 6y ago
What journalism might you be referring to?
- random5634 6y ago
  I'm starting with whoever wrote the headline here. Gov.uk site did not break google analytics. This is standard click-bait / shock value type headlines.
  - sMarsIntruder 6y ago
    Well, it actually broke Google Analytics Realtime, since basically the report stopped working.
    - random5634 6y ago
      False - they may just be using the FREE version for "individual or small businesses". This has limits. Google will stop analytics if you are on just the free account and start going over their free limits. This does not mean google analytics has broken. Is gov.uk an "individual or small business"? Or are they paying for 360?
      - sMarsIntruder 6y ago
        As I said, the report broke. Stop. As the headline says. And yes you're right that they "may be just using the FREE version", but it's a "may be".
  - gowld 6y ago
    It was a tweet written by the engineer working on their server. No clickbait, not journalism. Just people sharing their experience, and a HN submitter who got noverexcited.