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 to change it. Google provides help for migrating from urchin.js code to the newer, asynchronous...
After nearly 14 years and an acquisition by Google, Urchin analytics software will be retired on March 28, 2012. So much so that Google acquired Urchin Software Corp in April 2005 and released their own Google Analytics, later that year, based on...
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 Google Analytics for free. The use of online analytics has come a long way in a few years.
Urchin (not Google Analytics) is rumored to have cost Google $30 million when they acquired it in 2005. If they asked you which keywords convert most profitably, would you tell them? Every time you use one of Google's free tools, like Google...
Similarly, when Google bought Urchin and the analytic tools industry lost many small companies. Adweek announced awards for "the decade's best in the marketing, media and agency world" this past week.
Google Analytics 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...
There are no plans to retire the old code, Urchin.js anytime soon. When Urchin.js is finally laid to rest, site owners and developers will be given plenty of notice. Google did take the opportunity to point out why it may be advantageous to upgrade...
Google Analytics Releases Urchin 6.5 with AdWords Integration Bryan Eisenberg has published a comprehensive Google Analytics guide on his company's blog. It consists of links to some of the best information about Google Analytics 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. Here's an especially geeky post for all you search tech types out there.
If you're not familiar with Urchin, it was acquired by . Google Analytics Releases Urchin 6.5 with AdWords Integration Posted by Nathania Johnson Feb 9, 2009 Google Analytics has released Urchin 6.5, which includes an integration with AdWords.
Google Analytics 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 Google Analytics was developed from it.
For space reasons I'll cover only two: Google Analytics (formally Urchin) and Omniture. When using Web analytics, it's easy to get caught up in all the numbers and statistics and lose sight of the overall goal -- getting the intelligence you need...
Google Analytics Launches "Urchin 6" Care to do more with Google Analytics code than just cut and paste a snippet in your website code? Well, you're in luck. Google Analytics has been added to Google Code.
No doubt, this was a move to counter or compete with Google's ownership of Web analytics (Urchin, through acquisition) and optimizing tools. In the search world we have options. Well, a few options, anyway.
In much the same way that Google bought Urchin and branded it up as Google Analytics (GA), Yahoo is likely to do something similar. Get your free analytics tools here. Here. Or here. As I've said on a number of occasions, never have search and...
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, Google Analytics today announced the full launch of Urchin Software, Google's advanced - but not free - Web analytics package, aka Urchin 6. Urchin Software is the update to Urchin 5, and anyone can now download a 90-day...
