http://www.razzed.com/2009/06/08/google-sees-92-top-web-traffic/ Blunt Musings: Analytics, Search, Marketing, and Privacy. And other random thoughts. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:37:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.razzed.com/2009/06/08/google-sees-92-top-web-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-135 James Barnett Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:57:38 +0000 http://www.razzed.com/?p=319#comment-135 Hi there, I came across this issue a few months ago and it's certainly a worry. I use two analytics for my sites - http://www.statcounter.com (my preference) and of course Google's analytics. I am tempted to remove Google Analytics as I find that Statcounter delivers the same information and in a little more detail. I think the Search Engine war is going to change sides soon though with the introduction of MS Bing and Yahoo teaming up. I guess we'll just have to see what happens won't we?! Hi there, I came across this issue a few months ago and it’s certainly a worry. I use two analytics for my sites – http://www.statcounter.com (my preference) and of course Google’s analytics. I am tempted to remove Google Analytics as I find that Statcounter delivers the same information and in a little more detail. I think the Search Engine war is going to change sides soon though with the introduction of MS Bing and Yahoo teaming up. I guess we’ll just have to see what happens won’t we?!

]]> http://www.razzed.com/2009/06/08/google-sees-92-top-web-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Chickadee O'Connor Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:29:19 +0000 http://www.razzed.com/?p=319#comment-133 I DO find this very scary. And I think your concerns apply to analytics, but I think it scares me more with all of the general uses for Google. There really isn't another search engine like it, as far as I can tell (Are there any better options?). And don't they have a pretty crummy record of upholding individual freedoms vs. government interests? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4645596.stm and http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/world/asia/20beijing.html I am also not a big conspiracy person but how can the utter dominance of one corporation be a good thing? It still amazes me that my funky countercultural buddy used to tout Google - ten years ago - because it was a simple, quality, product. I DO find this very scary. And I think your concerns apply to analytics, but I think it scares me more with all of the general uses for Google. There really isn’t another search engine like it, as far as I can tell (Are there any better options?). And don’t they have a pretty crummy record of upholding individual freedoms vs. government interests? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4645596.stm and http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/world/asia/20beijing.html I am also not a big conspiracy person but how can the utter dominance of one corporation be a good thing? It still amazes me that my funky countercultural buddy used to tout Google – ten years ago – because it was a simple, quality, product.

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