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Google is already killing referrer on search results (by redirecting), to force people to pay for Analytics
by j_s 13y ago
Google is already killing referrer on search results (by redirecting), to force people to pay for Analytics
- ceejayoz 13y agoI'd pay for an intermediate level of GA in a heartbeat. Right now, once you hit 10M pageviews a month you either have to sample or pay $150k/year for Premium. I don't need support, an account manager, four-hour turnaround on data, an SLA, etc. I just need more pageviews sometimes.
- richbradshaw 13y agoSet up 2 GA accounts, then in your embed give even IP addresses version 1, and odd ones version 2, then you can track 20M pageviews. Admittedly it's a little rubbish. Guess you could use the API to combine them again for your own backend use.
- ceejayoz 13y agoClients aren't huge fans of the "check both of these accounts and sum them together" approach, and ours like direct access so the API isn't a great solution. I've heard that running a $10/month AdWords campaign gets you higher caps, but it may be an internet old wives tale.
- dangayle 13y agoHate to burst your bubble, but even the premium GA uses samples. They don't give you a firehose of real data.
- ceejayoz 13y agoSome of the reports, yes, but not overall pageviews. Per their capabilities page: > 1 billion hits per month > Up to 3 million rows of data in unsampled reports If you're doing conversion tracking etc. you're going to start getting sampled data at some point, but it's the pageviews our folks care for.
- andrenotgiant 13y agoWhat? That is not true. Paying for the Google Analytic premium products gets you no additional data on referrer or search terms. AdWords paid search clicks still send the info, if that's what you're talking about. But this discussion is on completely removing referrers, not just stripping search keyword.