Google is taking over the world
Do I sound like I’m repeating myself?
I suddenly feel very sorry for hard working entrepreneurs like Shaun Inman who produce wonderful products like Mint. I’ve been considering signing up for Mint for a while and was set to do so in the next couple of months when I felt like I needed it. Well today I found out via Matt, about Google Analytics. Now I’m sure there are features of Mint that out do Google’s efforts but I reckon Google Analytics will do the trick for me and many others.
I’ve signed this site, and the TechTalk Wiki up for Google Analytics so in 12 hours I’ll find out how nice their reports really are (they look very nice). Sorry Mint, maybe next time.
I wouldn’t feel too sorry for Shaun Inman. Mint and Google Analytics shouldn’t really be compared. Mint is installed locally and therefor as long as your server is serving pages it will/should track/record your stats. Analytics however is obviously hosted remotely and so logging hits etc is less reliable.
I’ve signed up for Analytics (several hours ago) but have yet to be able to login due the service being down. I hope Google haven’t bitten off more than they can chew with this one. Can’t image just how many requests are trying to be handled by this service?!
On the up-side, Conversion University [http://www.google.com/analytics/conversionuniversity.html] looks like it has some good reads.
BTW - Cool site
Philip Newborough
15 Nov 05 at 5:12 am
Thanks for the comment Philip. The conversion idea does look very interesting (especially for when I get to the point where I’m selling online). It’s been a little over 12 hours since I signed up and I can’t see any stats yet but (apart from being a tad sluggish) I haven’t had any trouble loading the Analytics site. I bet they’re taking some amazing traffic though.
Simon
15 Nov 05 at 9:06 am
And it looks like I spoke too soon. I just tried accessing it again and got a 404.
Simon
15 Nov 05 at 9:09 am