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Open Web Analytics with Piwik

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 6, 2011

“These days, Google Analytics is extremely popular for tracking
and analyzing Web traffic — but it’s a poor choice for
organizations that don’t want to depend on a third party, or share
their traffic data with someone else. Fortunately, you have a
mature free software alternative that runs great on Linux, called
Piwik. Let’s look at what Piwik can do for you.

“Piwik may not be an exact replacement for Google Analytics or
other proprietary Web analytics applications, but it’s pretty close
to par with GA. This is especially true if you’re not tied into
Google AdWords or running really complex campaigns in Google
Analytics.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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