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Ask HN: What if Google decides to charge for Analytics?
I wonder why Google doesn't charge for Google Analytics. What would be the consequences if it becomes a paid product?
I guess it would make a lot of money for Google and don't know why it is free. What I am missing here?
- relaunched 14y agoFrom what I can tell, the way that they've integrated analytics, with e-commerce analytics, the entire service is a direct tie-in to adwords. Google Analytics is such a complete tool, when integrated with adwords and the power of google search, anyone who doesn't have full-time to dedicate to managing paid search and add networks could just easily integrate into the google walled garden and free up a good portion of their day to do other stuff.
- cl8ton 14y agoWhen you use Google Analytics you are giving them a treasure trove of useful surfing habits they can use in their other products. So they are not likely to charge for it anytime soon.