Perhaps we should all ditch Google Analytics

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7 points by mijnpc 5347 days ago

Google is still gaining more and more power, and with their recent changes, they're so called "privacy" thing, to protect its users and hide their keywords, I think it's better if we all switch to different analytics tool.

Piwik is a free alternative, or we can also use getclicky or KISS, there are many out there.

What do you guys think?

3 comments

Pewpewarrows 5347 days ago

I really don't understand any part of your argument.

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nomdeplume 5347 days ago

I second that

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mijnpc 5347 days ago

See this also: http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/what-does-not-provided-keywords...

And http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/tracked-google-users-will-resul...

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dgunn 5347 days ago

On what grounds? I'm not sure you've given any reasons at all to ditch google.

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mijnpc 5347 days ago

Not Google, but Google Analytics.

They are hiding the 'organic keywords' from viewing, from users who are logged in.

This amount can be from 10 to 25% from all search traffic.

They do this for "privacy" reasons, but somehow, if you PAY them (Google Adowrds), you seem to see all the keywords?

It's like forcing people to use their service.

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SkipHeadJr 5347 days ago

How are they forcing you?

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