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I blog regularly, and given many other bloggers are commenting, let me ask: how do you do analytics? I am currently using Google Analytics, but they're changing

by brabel 3y ago

I blog regularly, and given many other bloggers are commenting, let me ask: how do you do analytics? I am currently using Google Analytics, but they're changing it and a nagging me to change the configuration, but I wanted to move away from them for a long time for something more privacy-oriented (I just want to know how many people are reading my posts, maybe from which countries, and that's all - no ads). Would appreciate honest suggestions (no ads).

bayindirh 3y ago
I'm using Mataroa[0] as my blogging platform and it comes with its own analytics. It's very simple, and gives me the following: - Read counts per post, for the last 25 days. - How many RSS pulls, for the last 25 days. - How many site visits, for the last 25 days. Nothing more, nothing less. I'm pretty happy with them, and have no intention to change it. [0]: https://mataroa.blog https://mataroa.blog
adityaathalye 3y ago
For the longest time, I did not want analytics. I don't write for traffic or eyeballs, and I abhor being profiled for ads. My purpose is to think via writing, and as a side-benefit feed conversations about the stuff I am interested in. Recently though, I added Cloudflare analytics (no cookies, no deep profiling) out of sheer curiosity, in the spirit of the innocent surprise and joy of seeing "hits" from across the world on my very first website in the mid 2000-s. Sooner or later I'll get rid of it. As Julia writes in her post, page views aren't important to me. The occasional email conversations that fall out of my posts are! (edit: better words)
- dogon14473 3y ago
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blackbear_ 3y ago
I use GoatCounter (https://www.goatcounter.com/ https://www.goatcounter.com/). It's very simple to set-up and privacy-oriented (no cookies).
- brabel 3y ago
  I am now using this. Thanks for the hint... it works perfectly, unfortunately the ad blockers block it, but that's what they're for I guess...
executesorder66 3y ago
I don't know why, but I hate having to use anything with a DB. So most of the options (although really good) were a no for me. I ended up using https://goaccess.io/ https://goaccess.io/ because it doesn't require a DB, _and_ because it was in the package repo of the distro I use on my server, so it requires basically no setup. Just editing the config file.

by brabel 3y ago

bayindirh 3y ago

I'm using Mataroa[0] as my blogging platform and it comes with its own analytics. It's very simple, and gives me the following: - Read counts per post, for the last 25 days. - How many RSS pulls, for the last 25 days. - How many site visits, for the last 25 days. Nothing more, nothing less. I'm pretty happy with them, and have no intention to change it. [0]: https://mataroa.blog https://mataroa.blog

adityaathalye 3y ago

For the longest time, I did not want analytics. I don't write for traffic or eyeballs, and I abhor being profiled for ads. My purpose is to think via writing, and as a side-benefit feed conversations about the stuff I am interested in. Recently though, I added Cloudflare analytics (no cookies, no deep profiling) out of sheer curiosity, in the spirit of the innocent surprise and joy of seeing "hits" from across the world on my very first website in the mid 2000-s. Sooner or later I'll get rid of it. As Julia writes in her post, page views aren't important to me. The occasional email conversations that fall out of my posts are! (edit: better words)

dogon14473 3y ago
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blackbear_ 3y ago

I use GoatCounter (https://www.goatcounter.com/ https://www.goatcounter.com/). It's very simple to set-up and privacy-oriented (no cookies).

brabel 3y ago
I am now using this. Thanks for the hint... it works perfectly, unfortunately the ad blockers block it, but that's what they're for I guess...

executesorder66 3y ago

I don't know why, but I hate having to use anything with a DB. So most of the options (although really good) were a no for me. I ended up using https://goaccess.io/ https://goaccess.io/ because it doesn't require a DB, _and_ because it was in the package repo of the distro I use on my server, so it requires basically no setup. Just editing the config file.