Comments on: Google Analytics script

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:49:52 +0000

Yes, every additional script does cause some slowdown. I run both WP stats and analytics though, because they’re both really fast and give me a different view of my visitors.

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:42:55 +0000

Well, the more plugins you have installed, the closer you get to slowing your site down too much, correct? So, I have just been using Analytics (without the plugin when possible) and stopped using WordPress Stats. I already use a lot of other must-have plugins. Correct me if I am missing something …

By: aw

aw — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:48:27 +0000

Google Analytics is great.

I’m also using WP Stats, I love its integration, but there’s something strange with Chinese characters. (Sometimes the characters are messed)

By: Viper007Bond

Viper007Bond — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:38:25 +0000

You need an API key for Google Analytics too…

They just embed it into the HTML they make you copy/paste in, that’s all.

By: Viper007Bond

Viper007Bond — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:37:20 +0000

Er, I forgot you could do that with WP.com Stats, but still, better for things like time on site, bounce rate, etc.

By: bingorabbit

bingorabbit — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:48:01 +0000

I really love WordPress.com Stats more than Google Analytics..

By: Inge Janse

Inge Janse — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:39:45 +0000

@ Ronald: not people who only look at your feed (no stats program except Feedburner can show these stats), but Analytics does of course keep track of people who visit your site via your rss feed. Only problem is that GA does not differentiate between those visitors and visitors via another source, but there’s an excellent plugin to automatically tag your feed – and hence be able to see them in GA: http://rebelic.nl/rsslinktagger/

By: siee

siee — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:49:37 +0000

API key thing is so annoying for me. It could be the reason why people still using google analytics.

By: i-NET.iNFO

i-NET.iNFO — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:47:56 +0000

using Google Analytics and WordPress.com Stats help me to monitor the amount of traffic that drives in to my site.

By: Viper007Bond

Viper007Bond — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:42:10 +0000

WP.com Stats is best for a simple glance. “How much traffic did I get yesterday?” “What was a popular post?” That kind of thing — simple, but effective.

Google Analytics on the other hand is usually overkill, but great when you want details. For example, what domain sent me the most traffic last month? What page was the most popular this week? etc.

By: Hao

Hao — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:29:30 +0000

@Ronald: WP Stats don’t show feed viewers either, or am I wrong?

Also, analytics is much more complete when you’re interested in bounce rate, visitors (new/recurring) and much more info not available on WP stats. I use WP stats as a lightweight version of analytics to see my blog views every morning and that’s it =)

By: Showfom

Showfom — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:06:06 +0000

I use Google Analytics and WordPress.com Stats.

By: Ronald Rice

Ronald Rice — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:33:10 +0000

I have always wondered what is the advantage of google analytics over wp stats. One thing is that google analytics does not show the feed viewers, which makes it very much inaccurate.. am i wrong?