>It’s a bloated script that affects your site speed
Once I removed GA, the speed increase was surprisingly very noticeable. That alone was enough for me to keep it off.
An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
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Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#22Some open source alternatives:
- https://ackee.electerious.com/ (Node.js based)
- https://github.com/zgoat/goatcounter (Golang) (Commercial Licensed)
- https://snowplowanalytics.com (Core-ware)
- https://count.ly (Core-ware)
https://www.visitor-analytics.io is also a great GDPR compliant alternative (Not open source).
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#23I 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 articl…
Yeah I was a lot less 'oh man it's an advertisement' when I saw multiple options listed.
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#24Google Analytics data isn’t tied to ad targeting. Google doesn’t profile you based on data from sites you visit with GA.
According to google, it is:
“Google uses the information shared by sites and apps to deliver our services, maintain and improve them, develop new services, measure the effectiveness of advertising, protect against fraud and abuse, and personalize content and ads you see on Google and on our partners’ sites and apps”.
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#25The million-dollar question: will removing GA hurt my search raanking?
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#26What are good self-hosted alternatives? Something like Webalizer, but a bit more modern.
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#27I'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/
I've seen them, and they do seem to have a nice product, but similarly to plausible, it isn't a direct competitor. Having to pay $19 per month for a website analytics that doesn't (perhaps yet, but aspires to, hence the need for analytics in first place) bring any income is most basic and huge disadvantage versus GA.
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#28Take this post with a pinch of salt... Out of the 10 points made, I'd argue only 2 are actually valid and another 2 are "technically correct but..."
It’s owned by Google, the largest ad-tech company in the world
It’s a bloated script that affects your site speed
It’s overkill for the majority of site owners
It’s a liability considering GDPR, CCPA and other privacy regulations
If GA is your only reason to have a Consent option then fine, its a burden to do. However if you have any other analytics or services that use cookies its a minor check-list item to cover this.
It uses cookies so you must obtain consent to store cookies
It’s blocked by many plugins and browsers so the data is not very accurate
It requires an extensive privacy policy
It’s abused by referral spam that skews the data
It’s a proprietary product so you need to put your trust in Google
It worsens the user experience due to the necessity for the annoying prompts
I'm sure this service is worth trying. I would also recommend looking at Simple Analytics: https://simpleanalytics.com/
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#29It 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…
Pricing is close to the bottom of the home page.
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#30Is this an ad?
Yes, but you really have to read the whole thing to see it. Even then, they listed their own product last on a list of alternatives. I equate it to how Privacy Badger approached their product (although it's free): your privacy is compromised, so try their product which will protect your privacy. This type of "honorable" advertising is OK in my book.