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Google Analytics API Goes Public

Posted by kdawson on from the get-your-hot-data dept.

stoolpigeon writes "Google has announced the now public beta for the Google Analytics API (described here). The API lets developers create client applications that can pull analytics data, to mash it up with other data or to present it in new ways. The API has been available through a private beta program for about a year, and some applications are already out there: examples include Polaris on Adobe Air and Analytics for Android."

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  1. Re:A method for offloading processor useage by soniCron88 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Google's interface for Analytics data visualization is done with Flash, so their servers aren't rendering anything right now, anyway.

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  2. Re:Shame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I was pretty pissed when they bought urchin (the company that made what is now 'google analytics') because they the first thing google did was prevent you from hosting the analytics yourself.

    No, that's still available: http://www.google.com/urchin/index.html

  3. Re:Shame by eareye · · Score: 4, Informative

    On that note is there a good FOSS analytics package, preferably one that works well cross platform?

    One open source alternative to Google Analytics is Piwik.

  4. Re:Google Analytics? by Lord+Ender · · Score: 2, Informative

    You are correct. Install firebug, and watch the net chart it generates. The page will load, then you will wait another second or so before google-analytics loads and you can actually use your browser.

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  5. Re:If only they'd release the collection code... by Alex+Zepeda · · Score: 3, Informative

    So host it yourself. http://www.google.com/urchin/download.html.

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  6. Re:If only they'd release the collection code... by lavalamp · · Score: 2, Informative

    More info about Urchin here, it definitely still exists. v6.6 is currently in beta.

    http://www.urchintools.com/