Comments on: Get Rid of Google Analytics http://resistmedia.net/blog/2007/10/02/get-rid-of-google-analytics/ This is a blog about adventures in design, and sometimes other crap. My name is Beth Dean and I'm a web designer from Cleveland Ohio. I work for Progressive Insurance as a UX Developer. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:19:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Nate Klaiber http://resistmedia.net/blog/2007/10/02/get-rid-of-google-analytics/#comment-86225 Nate Klaiber Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:28:15 +0000 http://resistmedia.net/blog/2007/10/02/get-rid-of-google-analytics/#comment-86225 Beth, I stumbled upon this post via google, so I am a little late to the game. Now, while I agree that GA has had issues before related to speed, but there are ways around this. I dealt with this issue when I was at Barbour Publishing. Now, with that being said, there is simply no way you can compare Mint Statistics to what GA offers. Mint is so completely basic, and provides very simplistic snapshots. Anything beyond that, and you can't do much analytical research. It has a pretty interface, but lacks very much so when it comes to proper reporting, cross comparisons, and actual data. If you just want to know your visitors, browsers, time spent, etc - them Mint is just fine, but for anyone who takes analytics seriously, it simply isn't a useful tool. Beth,
I stumbled upon this post via google, so I am a little late to the game. Now, while I agree that GA has had issues before related to speed, but there are ways around this. I dealt with this issue when I was at Barbour Publishing.

Now, with that being said, there is simply no way you can compare Mint Statistics to what GA offers. Mint is so completely basic, and provides very simplistic snapshots. Anything beyond that, and you can’t do much analytical research. It has a pretty interface, but lacks very much so when it comes to proper reporting, cross comparisons, and actual data.

If you just want to know your visitors, browsers, time spent, etc - them Mint is just fine, but for anyone who takes analytics seriously, it simply isn’t a useful tool.

]]> By: Web Template Guy http://resistmedia.net/blog/2007/10/02/get-rid-of-google-analytics/#comment-77802 Web Template Guy Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:51:17 +0000 http://resistmedia.net/blog/2007/10/02/get-rid-of-google-analytics/#comment-77802 GA (Google Analytics) does have this annoying habit of leaving a page "unloaded" i.e. waiting and waiting for GA to complete its round trip. It's essential people put the javascript that does the remote call at the bottom of their pages so at least everything above the javascript has been delivered to the client browser. GA (Google Analytics) does have this annoying habit of leaving a page “unloaded” i.e. waiting and waiting for GA to complete its round trip. It’s essential people put the javascript that does the remote call at the bottom of their pages so at least everything above the javascript has been delivered to the client browser.

]]> By: Kristo http://resistmedia.net/blog/2007/10/02/get-rid-of-google-analytics/#comment-59705 Kristo Wed, 14 May 2008 09:52:00 +0000 http://resistmedia.net/blog/2007/10/02/get-rid-of-google-analytics/#comment-59705 hi i don't know why each time i log on to any google related site i keep getting this error "ssl.google-analytics.com has send an incorrect or unexpected message. error code: -12263" this happened right after i went to the analytics website. i just logged in using my gmail account. i didn't install anything. i'm using a firefox browser ver. 2.14. also, the pages take so long to load now... also I’ve also noticed pages around the web occasionally hanging with the browser’s status bar reading connecting to ssl.google-analytics.com…. Please help me get rid of it. I don't really need it. Thanks! hi

i don’t know why each time i log on to any google related site i keep getting this error

“ssl.google-analytics.com has send an incorrect or unexpected message. error code: -12263″

this happened right after i went to the analytics website. i just logged in using my gmail account. i didn’t install anything.

i’m using a firefox browser ver. 2.14.

also, the pages take so long to load now… also I’ve also noticed pages around the web occasionally hanging with the browser’s status bar reading connecting to ssl.google-analytics.com….

Please help me get rid of it. I don’t really need it.

Thanks!

]]> By: Felicity http://resistmedia.net/blog/2007/10/02/get-rid-of-google-analytics/#comment-42587 Felicity Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:24:01 +0000 http://resistmedia.net/blog/2007/10/02/get-rid-of-google-analytics/#comment-42587 “connecting to google-analytics” - is freezing up my blog - I can't read my comments or comments on other people's blogs or access the Dashboard. Neither can get through to Google help or Blogger help etc etc. I've never signed up to GA. It's not all the time - mostly mid-afternoon UK time when it suddenly stops. It's a pain. Is there anyway I can solve it? Help......... “connecting to google-analytics” - is freezing up my blog - I can’t read my comments or comments on other people’s blogs or access the Dashboard. Neither can get through to Google help or Blogger help etc etc. I’ve never signed up to GA. It’s not all the time - mostly mid-afternoon UK time when it suddenly stops. It’s a pain.

Is there anyway I can solve it? Help………

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