• PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
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    10 days ago

    Absolutely. That’s a good start. Mouseflow or one of its competitors honestly was always more useful to me than Google Analytics. Honestly, as far as I know, a huge share of their income still comes from search ads and YouTube. I think if you just avoid those things, you’re already doing more or less as much as you can.

    Oh, also, publicize duckduckgo and friends over Google. Google search has become far less useful than it used to be, anyway.

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      10 days ago

      Honestly, web analytics are just stupid unless your business is selling ads. Its just vanity outside of that business case

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        10 days ago

        It’s useful to check how people are using your site, if they’re getting stuck or there are spots that are hard to navigate, things like that. That’s true irrespective of whether you’re selling ads. I think it’s just that the people who are making money off the thing are a lot more likely to be bothered to invest energy into making sure their users are having a productive experience.