Google provides help for migrating from urchin.js code to the newer, asynchronous tracking code. One site still had the really old Urchin code in it: Urchin is old. If you once had Urchin and your code has been copied and pasted over time, you need...
After nearly 14 years and an acquisition by Google, Urchinanalytics software will be retired on March 28, 2012. Urchin was a self-hosted solution for web analytics, while GoogleAnalytics was obviously hosted on Google's servers.
Google’s modus operandi seems to have always been to show up late to a party, build their own dance floor, and either win people over, or buy out their best competitor (YouTube, DoubleClick, Postini, Urchin, etc).
I'll be watching and I hope they discuss their impact on the analytics market when they bought Urchin and started giving away a service numerous companies were making a living charging varying fees for.
Interestingly this was not done when Google bought Urchin and started giving away analytics - effectively killing off many small companies in that space; nor was it around for any of the other purchases Google has made.
This was somewhat understandable because analytics packages were expensive back then and Google was just in the process of buying Urchin and offering GoogleAnalytics for free. AimClear's Marty Weintraub wrote an article everyone needs to read and...
Urchin (not GoogleAnalytics) is rumored to have cost Google $30 million when they acquired it in 2005. AdWords Conversion Tracking and GoogleAnalytics use last click conversion. And that is exactly why they offer Google AdWords or Analytics...
Similarly, when Google bought Urchin and the analytic tools industry lost many small companies. Tracking codes, analytics, and landing page testing were the tools that tightened marketing in this area and created a measurability that no other form...
GoogleAnalytics has released Urchin 6.6. At the end of last week, Google released so many updates, we had to consolidate them into a single post. This week, the Google factory is busy pushing out a bunch of new tweaks and launches you'll want to...
Google did take the opportunity to point out why it may be advantageous to upgrade to the new code, in case you still have urchin.js installed. There are no plans to retire the old code, Urchin.js anytime soon.
GoogleAnalytics Releases Urchin 6.5 with AdWords Integration Bryan Eisenberg has published a comprehensive GoogleAnalytics guide on his company's blog. It consists of links to some of the best information about GoogleAnalytics out there, from...
They were using an old version of the code, urchin.js. If you're using code with the old urchin.js, don't panic - you're tests will run fine. Google Website Optimizer, a tool for landing page testing, was tracking visitors using GoogleAnalytics code.
GoogleAnalytics Releases Urchin 6.5 with AdWords Integration Posted by Nathania Johnson Feb 9, 2009 GoogleAnalytics has released Urchin 6.5, which includes an integration with AdWords. If you're not familiar with Urchin, it was acquired by .
GoogleAnalytics has released Urchin 6.5, which includes an integration with AdWords. If you're not familiar with Urchin, it was acquired by Google a while back and the free GoogleAnalytics was developed from it.
For space reasons I'll cover only two: GoogleAnalytics (formally Urchin) and Omniture. Tag-based tools, like GoogleAnalytics, seem more popular recently. GoogleAnalytics: This is the most robust solution for its price, which is free.
GoogleAnalytics Launches "Urchin 6" Care to do more with GoogleAnalytics code than just cut and paste a snippet in your website code? GoogleAnalytics has been added to Google Code. GoogleAnalytics Now Shows When a Visitor Uses Chrome
No doubt, this was a move to counter or compete with Google's ownership of Web analytics (Urchin, through acquisition) and optimizing tools. Arguably, in prominent European economies like Germany and France, Google holds a monopoly.
In much the same way that Google bought Urchin and branded it up as GoogleAnalytics (GA), Yahoo is likely to do something similar. While Google certainly provides the standards in terms of essential analytics (specifically for paid search it can...
What's more: the authors admit early on that Google has acquired many already successful "information management tools," namely Picasa (photo management); YouTube (online videos); DoubleClick (ad serving); Keyhole/Google Earth (maps and satellite...
At ad:tech San Francisco, GoogleAnalytics today announced the full launch of Urchin Software, Google's advanced - but not free - Web analytics package, aka Urchin 6. For search engine marketers who remember the name, Urchin formed the basis of...