Google Analytics Service Announcement

google analytics service announcementGot this from Google Analytics today:

Hello Google Analytics User,

This is a quick update to address some issues you may be seeing in your Google Analytics account and what we’re doing to respond.

First, due to extremely high demand, we’ve temporarily limited the number of new signups as we increase capacity. This allows us to focus on our primary objective–to provide a great user experience for our existing users.

Next, here is current information on the most common questions we’re receiving:

  • 1. The ‘Check Status’ button is being reworked to check for properly installed tracking code. This should be fixed by the end of November.
  • 2. The ‘+Add Profile’ link has been temporarily removed until we increase capacity. We’ll alert all current users when the feature is restored.
  • 3. While we increase capacity, you may see longer than normal delays in data showing up in your reports. All data continues to be collected and no data has been lost.

For additional help with your Google Analytics account, we encourage you to browse or search our online Help Center at http://www.google.com/support/analytics?hl=en.

Thanks for your patience as we improve Google Analytics and add
resources to ensure a high-quality service.

Sincerely,

The Google Analytics Team

I’m almost convinced that the Analytics service was previously only for paying Adwords customers, which Google then decided to give for free to everyone else, unfortunately as indicated by above, rather prematurely.

We’ll see what happens, but really, I’m willing to wait. Experience has taught me that when it comes to web statistics, the longer you wait the better and more sensible the results will be.

So I’d give Google Analytics the time they need, since the results for the sites I’ve already entered have yet to produce anything really important yet.

Although one thing: I wish I could at least waitlist a few more sites.

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