Comments on: Paranoid Of Google Analytics

By: cldnails

cldnails — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:54:00 +0000

Best thing I’m using right now is hiStats.

By: Apps-R-Us - Facebook Application Scripts, Twitter App Scripts

Apps-R-Us - Facebook Application Scripts, Twitter App Scripts — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:28:10 +0000

Interesting article and thoughts on Google Let us know if you find a good free alternative to Analytics! The single domain license issue has kept me away from W3Counter for a while!

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» Free Google Analytics Alternative — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:47:30 +0000

[...] few weeks ago I talked about the issues I had with giving away all of my traffic data to Google, by using their free traffic stat software Analytics. Since then I have tried about 3 different [...]

By: cldnails

cldnails — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:27:42 +0000

Also, Dan, how about a discount membership to W3Counter.

By: cldnails

cldnails — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:18:35 +0000

So you are suggesting that Google accesses your browser logs? Furthermore, what about sites, like mine, that use caching?

Also, a bounce rate isn’t determined by HOW FAST a visitor leaves your site. The definition of a ‘bounce’ is when a visitor to your site only views 1 page and then exits.

By: Dan Grossman

Dan Grossman — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:46:14 +0000

You’re mistaken if you believe Google needs you to use Google Analytics to know your bounce rate from SERPs.

* Browser requests SERPs page
* User clicks on a search result linked to your site
* User clicks “back” 2 seconds later
* Browser makes an HTTP HEAD request to see if the page’s ecache/timestamp is newer than cache, or a full GET request for the results again, and Google now knows user clicked back after only 2 seconds at your site

By: cldnails

cldnails — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:43:07 +0000

Anytime Mark and I’ve actually received some feedback from an affiliate program manager who suggested leaving Google Analytics for this very reason.

By: Mark Donahue

Mark Donahue — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:50:24 +0000

I am having the same thoughts re: Google. I have several monetized blogs, and I always felt that Google held too many cards. Thanks for the tips, and the insights.