Google Analytics
In March Google acquired Urchine Software Corp. leaving many, including myself, wondering what Google could possibly want with a successful stat tracking program. Well it seems that the answer is finally out with . It’s free to signup and free to use, but after doing so the system says that it will take 12 hours to get the stats uploaded.
If the system does stat tracking like Adsense with delayed reporting then there really is no point in using the system other than the integration with Adwords. I will revisit the system later today once stats have been uploaded and report back.
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10 opinions for Google Analytics
Chris Griffin
Nov 14, 2005 at 4:47 am
I just signed up for it it says:
Which leads me to believe that’s for the first reports, not all the reports. Analytic apps that use javascript are usually intantaneous (I.E. WebCEO), but I guess we’ll only find out by using it.
I wouldn’t say there wouldn’t be a point in using it if its not instantaneous. After taking a glance at the interface it looks like it provides alot more than any free analytics program I’ve ever seen. Let’s say there is a delay. It would be like an analytics program running off the log files. I wouldn’t care if this took 24-48 hours to report, It’s free and provides a lot of info I wouldn’t get from any other free app.
Chris Griffin
Nov 14, 2005 at 4:57 am
And by the way, I just read it doesn’t work in Safari.
misterchris
Nov 14, 2005 at 8:07 am
I’ve signed up but the website is running S L O W!
I wonder if this spells the end for things like StatCounter and even Mint for that matter?
I’ll be waiting the obligatory 24 hours before investigating it further, specifically the “Goal tracking”.
Jamsi
Nov 14, 2005 at 8:52 am
Thanks for the heads up Paul, defiantly something I will look into. Expect some sort of review shortly.
Tom Markiewicz
Nov 14, 2005 at 4:07 pm
Google Analytics released
Google launched its Analytics service today. I’m pretty excited about this service as we’re a big user of Google AdWords as well as Google AdSense at EvolvePoint. This seems to be the first public offering of web analytics from Google sinc…
Inside Online Advertising
Nov 15, 2005 at 12:19 am
Google Analytics
Google has launched a stat tracking program called Google Analytics. It is based off of an aquisition of Urchin Software they made in March, 2005: Google Inc. said late Monday it has agreed to acquire Urchin Software Corp., which makes…
Paul Stamatiou
Nov 15, 2005 at 6:36 am
I love how Google dropped the $200/mo pricetag (i think it was that much) and finally decided to offer such a great service for free. However, I seem to share the same opinion as Nick over at Performancing regarding Analytics not bringing too much to the table. I’m more interested about MeasureMap to be honest.
Tom Markiewicz » Google Analytics released
Nov 15, 2005 at 5:42 pm
[…] Unfortunately, the service is getting heavily bombarded today and I’ve only been able get through a few times. I have managed to set up this blog with the JavaScript. Google says I should start seeing data in about 12 hours. It’s still unclear whether this will be real time data or delayed like AdSense. […]
kathy
Nov 16, 2005 at 6:40 pm
guess it will never work for msn spacers..;) DUH!! knowing the two giants’ feuds, i still took a chance to try it out.. it doesn’t even recognize the space’s url…
Ken Strock
Jan 2, 2006 at 12:24 pm
Well you are doing better than I I paid 10.00 for this prigram and have not been able to use it scen March. I am contacting the aturney general of Sandiago and small clans cort in the same count to sue and or persue fraud charges aginst them. If you would like to class action contact me
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