Comments on: Google Analytics: is it a GoodThing ™? http://vrypan.net/log/2005/11/15/google-analytics-is-it-a-goodthing-tm/ panayotis' notes about the web and everything else. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:39:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Martin McKeay http://vrypan.net/log/2005/11/15/google-analytics-is-it-a-goodthing-tm/#comment-3011 Martin McKeay Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:09:29 +0000 http://vrypan.net/log/?p=145#comment-3011 Google is becoming the great information broker in the sky. Before they knew exactly what query brought a visitor to your site, what site they were at previously and probably where they went afterwards. Now they can tie into your site too and find out where they went on your site. If the FBI/CIA and other government agencies don't already have hooks into Googles database, they're probably chomping at the bit to get it now. I just want to know Google's masterplan. They can't just be gathering all of this information 'coincidentally'. I'm just nervous about what happens when you get all the information from Google, Adsense and the Analytics together in one place. Google is becoming the great information broker in the sky. Before they knew exactly what query brought a visitor to your site, what site they were at previously and probably where they went afterwards. Now they can tie into your site too and find out where they went on your site. If the FBI/CIA and other government agencies don’t already have hooks into Googles database, they’re probably chomping at the bit to get it now.

I just want to know Google’s masterplan. They can’t just be gathering all of this information ‘coincidentally’. I’m just nervous about what happens when you get all the information from Google, Adsense and the Analytics together in one place.

]]> By: Razvan Antonescu http://vrypan.net/log/2005/11/15/google-analytics-is-it-a-goodthing-tm/#comment-3007 Razvan Antonescu Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:10:21 +0000 http://vrypan.net/log/?p=145#comment-3007 Nice post. Thanks for reminding me the real difference between Google Analytics and server side stats. I hope that this will make regular Joes more aware of the importance of their web site metrics and by that more efficient. About giving too much infos to Google don't worry. I bet that they have used the javascript from AdSense for the same purpose for a while :) Nice post. Thanks for reminding me the real difference between Google Analytics and server side stats. I hope that this will make regular Joes more aware of the importance of their web site metrics and by that more efficient. About giving too much infos to Google don’t worry. I bet that they have used the javascript from AdSense for the same purpose for a while :)

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