The million-dollar question: will removing GA hurt my search raanking?
If the answer is yes, then the next call to action should be stop using Google.
An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
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Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#32It 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.
Indeed it is, I stand corrected :) However, when I was looking at it, I've skimmed through the top menu (nothing), scrolled down to the footer (noting) and finally clicked the Documentation link (nothing). Apparently the pricing info isn't exposed well enough.
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#33If this is your personal website, one option to consider is dropping the analytics completely. Do you really need to know exactly (and it’s not even that exact, since people block or can’t load your analytics) how many people viewed your blog posts? Anecdotally, if you put your email at the bottom of the page you’ll get a pretty good idea just from the number of people who send you one.
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#34Take 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 Yes. Google provides a free service and in return gets a view into your traffic. Very fair point, but not terribly controversial IMHO It’s a bloated script that affects your site speed Um, not really. I'm a b…
If it weren’t controversial nobody would be discussing it.
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#35If you're going to tear down a competitor's product and shill your own you should probably be up front about it.
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#36It 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.
Thanks. I didn't check the homepage and looked for pricing info in the navigation links, felt it was needlessly difficult. Pricing should be easy to locate from every page for a product like this.
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#37all of these alternatives which people are posting: simpleanalytics.com plausible.io are not free, which is the main reason people use Google Analytics
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#38Some 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).
What is crippleware? Does it mean it doesn't work?
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#39It 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…
There's a big blue button at the top of the page that says "Start Free Trial". Click it and you get this:
- Quick and easy to set up
- No credit card required
- Unlimited use during the trial
- From just $6/mo after the trial
Looks like a flat fee? Hard to tell from that wording. They should make this more visible on the front-page and elaborate on the "from just $6/mo".
Re: An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
#40It looks like a nice product but GA is free!