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Personal Blog of Vinny Lingham, CEO of SynthaSite
Danny Sullivan from Search Engine Watch has just reported that Google will be making it’s Urchin Analytics program free for anyone with an Adwords account, and a restricted version to those without one. What’s the catch?
Well, here is my take on it:
1. By utiliz ... Continue reading »
Well, here is my take on it:
1. By utiliz ... Continue reading »
3 years ago
2 years ago
I know that this blog post of yours is an older post but the words of your blog are timeless and an older post does not dissuade me from responding ;-)
Anyway, almost a year after the fact, how would you rate the free Google (Urchin) stats?
I notice that Google states in its TOS:
" You must post a privacy policy and that policy must provide notice of your use of a cookie that collects anonymous traffic data. "
I'm not sure if all webmasters who use Google Analytics do so.
I've noticed some sites that I visit on a dial-up connection will slow the process of connecting to a site using Google Analytics and the fact that Google Analytics is being used will be indicated.
My ISP used to offer limited Urchin statistics but I always favored eXTreme Tracking (http://extremetracking.com/?home)
Granted the free version of Google Analytics is private but the sign-up process with eXTreme Tracking is easier.
A webmaster using eXTreme Tracking can state in the site's privacy policy that the originating site does not use cookies -- I actually like being able to say that.
I know that if I use eXTreme Tracking that others will be able to view my stats, but I do not engage in any bidding, PPC, Adwords, or any type of Pay for Click Ads, etc... I still value search terms because certain words help me to create more pages and I like to be ranked as highly as I can be in search engines.
Do you think Google Analytics trumps eXTreme Tracking?
2 years ago