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Google Analytics will be added
Liam Dawe 3 days ago
Just a note that I will be soonish adding in Google Analytics. Currently we don't actually use anything, but that makes it really difficult to know what's working well and what isn't, and where people are coming from and lots of things that would really help for our future.

Now yes, I could go with other solutions, but they all take extra admin and support time, whereas Google Analytics is hosted for you (and importantly: free) and is an industry standard. Plus, when shopping around for better ad networks to replace adsense (coze it kinda sucks) - other ad networks like to see proper traffic details.

So yeah, sometime soon it will be coming, just a heads up on it.

Last edited by Liam Dawe on 16 October 2024 at 12:00 pm UTC
heidi.wenger 3 days ago
Those who don't like what Google Analytics does can use Privacy Badger from EFF (Elecronic Frontier Foundation).
Liam Dawe 2 days ago
Quoting: heidi.wengerThose who don't like what Google Analytics does can use Privacy Badger from EFF (Elecronic Frontier Foundation).
Yup, I imagine people who are really bothered already use such stuff.
BlackBloodRum a day ago
Liam becoming the big corpo monster over here!

Just kidding!
emphy about 17 hours ago
Quoting: BlackBloodRumLiam becoming the big corpo monster over here!

Just kidding!

I don't blame Liam for going with the option that works best. It's his livelyhood that's on the line here, after all.

But I won't pretend to be happy with it.
Liam Dawe about 7 hours ago
Quoting: emphy
Quoting: BlackBloodRumLiam becoming the big corpo monster over here!

Just kidding!

I don't blame Liam for going with the option that works best. It's his livelyhood that's on the line here, after all.

But I won't pretend to be happy with it.
Hey, I'm not happy about it either! I hate all of it, but sadly especially so with how Humble killed off their partner program and went with the much less generous (and blocked by plugins) Impact, I'm a bit stuck now and need to make up income lost from it somewhere else.

If there was a better way, I would be all ears, but the internet is still just mostly run on adverts, the Patreon simply isn't even close to enough by itself.
BlackBloodRum about 2 hours ago
Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: emphy
Quoting: BlackBloodRumLiam becoming the big corpo monster over here!

Just kidding!

I don't blame Liam for going with the option that works best. It's his livelyhood that's on the line here, after all.

But I won't pretend to be happy with it.
Hey, I'm not happy about it either! I hate all of it, but sadly especially so with how Humble killed off their partner program and went with the much less generous (and blocked by plugins) Impact, I'm a bit stuck now and need to make up income lost from it somewhere else.

If there was a better way, I would be all ears, but the internet is still just mostly run on adverts, the Patreon simply isn't even close to enough by itself.
I personally wasn't going to say anything (not my place). But.. since you've opened the door to other ways, I might suggest:
https://plausible.io/

I use this for my business. There are two ways you can use it:
- Pay monthly and use it like any other service (they host it).
- Self-host it (comes in a docker container) and pay nothing. (I use this method)

It's fully open source, so it feels more 'ethically' right (to me).

But, I do understand the position you're in and it may be much easier and faster to simply use G-Ticks in this case.

Last edited by BlackBloodRum on 19 October 2024 at 3:12 pm UTC
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