What are good self-hosted alternatives? Something like Webalizer, but a bit more modern.
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An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
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Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#12The biggest drawback to not having Google Analytics on your website is if you choose to run Google Ads for your site and you have to retarget/remarket on Google properties. Without Google Analytics you are out of luck as you can enable remarketing only in Google Analytics (and you would need Analytics linked to Google Ads). If you have a personal website or a business that grows organically without needing to use Adv…
don't run google ads either
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#13I like that they gave some alternatives. With the web there are a lot of crusade like topics that while technically correct the maelstrom of finger waving blog posts really don't seem to change much and few really offer workable solutions to accomplish the goals that doing the thing they don't want you to do accomplishes.
Even better is how they listed their own product last in the list of alternatives. Personally I think the self-hosted open source alternative will yield the appropriate compromise between what the business wants and preserving (some) privacy. In my experience these kinds of changes are unfortunately at the mercy of a top-down request which often trickles down from the C-level executives. Maybe if you turn this article into a pretty power-point presentation, you'll get their audience.
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#14I've been using Simple Analytics* and it's been great so far! Tbh I just want to see how many page views, on which pages, and where they're coming from. None of the google tracking bs Plausible looks nice though, so maybe I'll check that out too *: https://simpleanalytics.com/
Thanks for the mention elliebike!
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#15Is this an ad?
Yes
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Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#16Google Analytics data isn’t tied to ad targeting. Google doesn’t profile you based on data from sites you visit with GA.
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#17I've been using Simple Analytics* and it's been great so far! Tbh I just want to see how many page views, on which pages, and where they're coming from. None of the google tracking bs Plausible looks nice though, so maybe I'll check that out too *: https://simpleanalytics.com/
Why would you need a third party for that? That is basic information your web server already knows.
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#18It sounds like a nice product, but sadly it's not exactly why GA is so popular (being a 'nice' product, that is). It is popular, because it's free, relatively easy to implement on any website, requires no self-hosting and powerful, once running. I've checked your website for pricing, but not only there's no word about free tiers, but there isn't even anything on the pricing at all. So, when it comes to majority of GA users, it's not a competitive solution.
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#19What are good self-hosted alternatives? Something like Webalizer, but a bit more modern.
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#20I like that they gave some alternatives. With the web there are a lot of crusade like topics that while technically correct the maelstrom of finger waving blog posts really don't seem to change much and few really offer workable solutions to accomplish the goals that doing the thing they don't want you to do accomplishes.
One alternative that should be seriously considered is not having analytics at all. I don't doubt that they're useful for many people in many situations, but consider whether they're useful to you in your situation. When was the last time you look at analytics? What did you learn from it? What actions did you take? Are you really gaining anything from them? I think most personal blogs, for example, gain nothing from…
If you don't care if people are reading your blog, why bother posting it online at all? Why not just blog into a local Word document, like the character Creed on "The Office"?
If you do care whether people are reading what you write, then analytics is the obvious way to find out.