I was reading through FeedLounge, and found the post from the Weblog Tools Collection entitled Google Analytics Swings at Measure Map. After reading all the disgustingly blind pro-Google comments, not only was I sick to my stomach, but I just had to rant:
This sucks… I hate Flash, and after Talk, Reader and Analytics (all of which I consider firm failures), I’m starting to hate Google too… Not only are stats not updated quickly enough (I’m sorry, but I like to know what’s going on whenever the whim hits me), but the service is unremarkable, slow, was down for the first 48 hours after launch, and seems to be wrong. Out of the 3 stats packages I’ve got running on my blog right now, Analytics reports a significantly lower number of users than the other two. I don’t know if it’s just dropping out for hours at a time (since I can’t find any hourly stats like every other package I’ve ever seen or used) or what…
If you want the attractive interface, Mint is far superior in many ways. If you want a raw stats package, AWStats is the clear choice…
Quit wetting yourselves over it because it’s got the colorful logo people, there’s greener grass in the pastures out there that don’t have big ‘Do No Evil’ signs over them…
Date Range -> View By: Hourly.
It’s a good service, and most importantly, it’s free.
Mint costs how much…?
Give it a month and see if you’re not loving the service :).
Ahh, I stand corrected. I was looking for something that said “Hourly Visitors” in the menu… My other issues still stand though.
And yes, it is free, which I suppose is going to be the only real driving force for most people. I’m just sick of everyone wetting themselves every time Google puts their logo on something, because it’s not all marshmallows and chocolate kisses…
*Goes back to throwing darts at the Google collage on his wall* Which service shall I bash today? *Throws dart* Ahhh, Maps!!