Google Analytics

[MeatPounder]

Seems like it will be a great tool and best of all it's free. It used to be Urchin on Demand.
Anyone thinking of integrating it into their sites?

http://www.google.com/analytics/

Introducing Google Analytics.
Sophisticated. Easy. Free.
Google Analytics tells you everything you want to know about how your visitors found you and how they interact with your site. You'll be able to focus your marketing resources on campaigns and initiatives that deliver ROI, and improve your site to convert more visitors

[Fonz]

I was trying it earlier today but can't seem to get it to work. for some reason it "can't find" the counter code on the page I put it on. If it should work it would be a great tool yes

[cd34]

If it is anything like adsense, it is a few hours delayed. I put it on one site just to see how it works.

[Mr. Stiff]

I have been waiting for reports to be generated for almost 36 hours now..

[ClickBuster]

Web counter with keyword info Not 100% reliable and as it seems - slow on reports.

[Halfdeck]

My own script I'm working on is probably better suited to my needs BUT I've signed up and pasted the code on one of my sites anyway. A few hours ago, I noticed I had to push the verify button, and after that, I get the "wait 12 hours" message, so I'm holding my breath. I haven't used the ex-$200/mo service, but I'm guessing it tracks uniques, SE keywords, page views on a per-page basis, instead of by domain like awstats...if it does more than that, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

[Mr. Stiff]

I have seen Urchin in use, and actually it's pretty cool.
You can define a 'funnel' through which people are suppose to go before they buy something, geographical data is viewed on a map, you can intergrate adwords and make all kinds of calculations.

But hey, do you need all that when selling porn?

[msanchez]

Trying to get it to work but no reports yet. Google is saying due to the massive influx of users everything is on a delay

[Righteous]

Nice graphs.

[Fonz]

it seems like they only update once a day, I can see a few stats now, I can even see in what towns my visitors live

[Mr. Stiff]

Oh wait, I have graphs too.. Cool!

[MeatPounder]

nice tool
I wonder if any link lists would allow free sites with it on it, doubt it though as it uses java on every page

[awf]

google has their hands in every online market.. I am interested to see what exactly google will be doin gin a year

[RawAlex]

When you juggle too many balls, you tend to drop some of them.

Alex

[cd34]

ironic that they use colored balls as their logo eh?

[RawAlex]

Originally Posted by cd34

ironic that they use colored balls as their logo eh?

Nice catch.

Alex

[oil]

i like the geo map overlay looks nice

[MeatPounder]

Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service
Thu Nov 17,10:00 AM ET



Google's hosted Web analytics service Google Analytics suffered serious performance problems earlier this week, after the company announced the service would be available free of charge, but seemed to have stabilized by Wednesday.

"They clearly underestimated the number of people trying to sign up on Monday," said Alan Gahtan, an attorney based in Toronto, who spent hours on Monday trying to sign up for the service, which used to cost $199 per month.


Google Analytics, formerly known as Urchin on Demand, lets users monitor visits to their Web sites. The users can track, for example, the effectiveness of online marketing campaigns and to determine how to modify Web pages to improve sales conversions.

Sluggish Start

After Gahtan managed to register, he again faced much difficulty logging in, and, once logged in, found the service extremely slow and repeatedly got kicked off to a page saying Google Analytics was down for maintenance and to please try back later.


He couldn't look at usage data gathered by the service until Tuesday afternoon, and even then the data wasn't precisely fresh, but running more like 24 hours behind, he said.


By Wednesday, the service seemed stable and working properly, said Gahtan, who is using Google Analytics to track usage of his Web site, which he uses to market his practice, a boutique law firm specializing in IT and e-commerce matters.


Eddy Kawira, general manager of Extreme Software, had no trouble signing up for Google Analytics on Monday, but he faced major difficulties setting up the four Web sites he wanted to track. Like Gahtan, he found the service slow and kept getting redirected to the page saying Google Analytics was down for maintenance.


By Tuesday, he could get on to the service without major problems, but there was little for him to do there: Google Analytics wasn't showing him any data. He finally saw data on Wednesday morning for three of the four Web sites, said Kawira, whose employer, Extreme Software, is based near Oklahoma City and develops and sells customized software for furniture manufacturers.

Returnees Have Hassle

The problem wasn't limited to those trying to sign up for the service for the first time on Monday. Ethan Stock, founder of local events search provider Zvents, ripped into Google on Monday in his personal blog after he encountered various performance and sign-on problems when he accessed Google Analytics.


"Right now, I feel like Google doesn't care about me enough as a customer to tell me that they're changing a product I pay for. They don't care enough about me as a customer to make sure that my login doesn't change, or that they at least ask or warn me before changing my login. They don't care enough about me as a customer to make sure that the re-launch of their product doesn't dramatically impact the people who are already paying them lots of money," Stock wrote. He didn't immediately return a call seeking further comment.


"The demand for Google Analytics was much higher than we expected. The service is now completely restored and full service is available to everyone," a Google spokesperson wrote via e-mail when asked for comment on Wednesday.


That Google fumbled the launch of this service is hard to believe, given the company's profile and resources, Extreme Software's Kawira said. "They should have known they were going to have a huge amount of people sign up," he said.


Despite the subpar performance of the service so far, Kawira isn't ready to give up on it. "I'm definitely going to stick with it because I'm confident they will iron it out," he said.


In the meantime, Google has been cleaning pie from its face. "Needless to say, the criticism of Google Analytics is not without merit--they flubbed the launch in a big way," wrote Jupiter Research analyst Eric Peterson in a posting on the company's official analyst blog.

[MeatPounder]

Been using it on my Blogs, Hubs, Dumps, Feeders, and Galleries...playing with who will accept it and who will not for now as far as galleries.

Still curious as to what link list owners feel about the small script on a free site.

I doubt the bots will reject it out right as they let the mouseovers pass but I'm not sure.
I'd really love to add it to my sites, at least to those that allow it but do not want to risk a ban

[$5 Submissions]

I'll give them a try on my blog network. Should be interesting.