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Perhaps we should all ditch Google Analytics

7 points by mijnpc 15y ago

Google is still gaining more and more power, and with their recent changes, they're so called "privacy" thing, to protect its users and hide their keywords, I think it's better if we all switch to different analytics tool. Piwik is a free alternative, or we can also use getclicky or KISS, there are many out there. What do you guys think?

Pewpewarrows 15y ago
I really don't understand any part of your argument.
- nomdeplume 15y ago
  I second that
dgunn 15y ago
On what grounds? I'm not sure you've given any reasons at all to ditch google.
- mijnpc 15y ago
  Not Google, but Google Analytics. They are hiding the 'organic keywords' from viewing, from users who are logged in. This amount can be from 10 to 25% from all search traffic. They do this for "privacy" reasons, but somehow, if you PAY them (Google Adowrds), you seem to see all the keywords? It's like forcing people to use their service.
  - SkipHeadJr 15y ago
    How are they forcing you?
mijnpc 15y ago
See this also: http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/what-does-not-provided-keywords-really-mean.html http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/what-does-not-provided-keywords... And http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/tracked-google-users-will-result-in-10-of-keyword-data-lost.html http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/tracked-google-users-will-resul...