I would suggest reading the Franklin Street Statement before making any
decision. Not preaching one way or the other. Hopefully just adding to your
list of pros & cons to weigh.

http://autonomo.us/2008/07/franklin-street-statement/

--jay

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Chad Fennell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Library Code People:
>
> 1 - What do you use for your web statistics package?  Are you happy with
> it? Pros/Cons?
>
> 2 - What do you wish you used or had access to?
>
> 3 - Opinions on Specific Projects:
>
> 3.1 Piwiki/Mint
>
> Piwik and Mint both seem pretty interesting to me because they solve some
> of the problems of "traditional" log file analysis (see
> http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/the-limitations-of#comments), while of
> course introducing their own set of problems:  given their reliance on a
> RDBMS to store each page load, there are some obvious scaling concerns for
> very high traffic sites, for example.
>
> I wonder if anyone here has put either of these or similar systems to the
> test on high traffic (define in your own terms) sites.
>
> 3.2 Google Analytics and/or Urchin
>
> Some libraries have incorporated Google Analytics into their privacy
> policies:
> http://www.google.com/search?q=google+analytics+libraries+privacy&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
>  .
>
> So, anyone here passionate one way or the other?  Other Pros/Cons?
>
> Of course, favorite resources, questions I should be asking and the like
> are welcomed and appreciated as well :).
>
> In advance:  thanks!
>
> Cheers,
> -Chad
>