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I wonder why companies who host their own analytics choose to use a separate request to track users? Surely it is better just to get the data from your own con

I wonder why companies who host their own analytics choose to use a separate request to track users? Surely it is better just to get the data from your own content web server logs ? Wouldn't you get the same information while saving on the extra HTTP request? It would make the site loading times slightly faster as well.

strommen 12y ago
Server logs will track all requests from crawlers, accelerators, and cancelled navigations. An AJAX callback will only happen for real human visitors that actually view the page.