May 03 2008
Giving up on Google Analytics
One of the tools Google has developed for webmasters to obtain information on their visitors [where they’re coming from, browser type, etc] is their Analytics program. I was impressed by its demo a long time ago and signed up for it immediately. It seemed to work well for a while, but I’ve been having problems with it recently.
I don’t recall exactly when it began happening, but my account seems to lose website profiles all the time. For those not familiar with the service, Google gives each site you work on its own section [profile] and tracking code. Well, I seem to lose two or three of them all the time. The system seems very unstable and I’ve found similar complaints from other users. I don’t know what the problem is, but Google should fix it.
I intend to stick with the stat scripts that my host provides for free. They’ve never given me a reason to swear out loud. This is the first time Google has really let me down.