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Re:We ditched Google Analytics by chimeracoder on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @02:07PM (#10698576)
> I never quite grasp how the above isn't just a matter of intuition to anyone working in the tech sector. Google Analytics thrives on developers' laziness in my opinion.

Unless I'm mistaken, one big difference is that not using Google Analytics means you don't know which Google search pages people used to access your website. That can be a really important difference for some websites.

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Re:We ditched Google Analytics by aargh_aargh on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @04:13PM (#10699572)
Can't you find out from the Referer header anymore? It's been years since I tried, so it may have changed.
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Re:We ditched Google Analytics by kalleboo on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @05:50PM (#10700338)
Only if your site is HTTPS
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Re:We ditched Google Analytics by cgag on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @02:18PM (#10698658)
I think you can get that info with webmaster tools without using analytics.
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