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Re:I analyzed 200 e-commerce sites and found 73% of their tr... by jklinger410 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @10:26AM (#45593108)
> I ended up building a simple script to track user behavior and analyzed 200+ small e-commerce sites.

Why not use Microsoft Clarity?

> The bots are getting creepily good at mimicking engagement.

You would think Google Analytics would help a lot with this, but they seem to not care.

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Re:I analyzed 200 e-commerce sites and found 73% of their tr... by hdseggbj on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @11:58AM (#45594561)
That's like saying why not just live on the dole?

Answer: pride, curiosity, inspiration, creativity, a sense of ownership, integrity, control, vision

I can't believe these concepts are so foreign to so many.

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Re:I analyzed 200 e-commerce sites and found 73% of their tr... by jklinger410 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @04:53PM (#45598272)
Okay, well I'm asking the author why they developed their own analytics tool rather than using an industry standard hoping there's some reason beyond motivational phrases.

Like, asking if there's a real technical reason.

But, go off I guess.

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Re:I analyzed 200 e-commerce sites and found 73% of their tr... by unbalancedevh on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @10:30AM (#45593186)
> You would think Google Analytics would help a lot with this, but they seem to not care.

Not just not care, but don't they have incentive to report higher traffic?

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Re:I analyzed 200 e-commerce sites and found 73% of their tr... by pixl97 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @12:00PM (#45594603)
At this point Google is just committing fraud to justify high stock prices.
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