[rchmura]

I'm pointing out that "Google" and "Google Analytics" are separate and that when your data is collected "Google" gets it, processes it and then pushes the refined data to "Google Analytics". The raw data is used in the "internal API" (Which is different than the public APIs that you are familiar with). Both your source and OPs are referring to "Google Analytics" (which is the public part that webmasters see).

[hahainternet]

This appears to be pure unfounded speculation. Can you provide anything to back this up in any regard?

[rchmura]

It's not speculation. Are you asking for more of a deeper explanation of how the internal API works, or do you want to see published papers/links about it? Google doesn't publicly document the "Google Analytics Internal API".

[hahainternet]

Please provide some evidence of this claim as it relates to this extension:

> when your data is collected "Google" gets it, processes it and then pushes the refined data to "Google Analytics".

[rchmura]

You are asking for a publicly available document showing the architecture of Google + Analytics + Doubleclick + Adwords... I can't get that, but other than doing experiments; you could do what I did when I first found out which is go ask someone who works on the internal API. (That's what I did)