Comments on: Ditching Google Analytics for Piwik

By: Peter Adams

Peter Adams — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:48:07 +0000

You might also want to check out Open Web Analytics (http://www.openwebanalytics.com). It too is a PHP/MySQL alternative to Google Analytics but has some different features than Piwik including click Heatmaps and mouse recordings.

By: Wilson Parasiuk

Wilson Parasiuk — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:40:57 +0000

somehow google-analytics has taken over my computer despite the fact that I have no website. I do not remeber ever subscribing to google-analytics. Yet every time i search anything on google search my search is redirected to google-analytics or to results5.google and the loading takes many minutes or it is not completed. I cannot find a way to unsubscribe. I have tried to phone google in California and in Canada , where I live, but I am get on the lne for hours at a time with no one answering. I am 67 years old and I feel that my privacy has been violated!Help please. Wilson Parasiuk

By: Holger

Holger — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:20:51 +0000

Just a little correction. Piwik is afaik not based on OpenX, but a rewrite of phpMyVisites. However, there is a connection between Piwik and OpenX, as the lead developer seems to be working for OpenX and OpenX seems to be sponsoring the project somehow.

And you are right: it is PHP based.

By: Peter Glaeser

Peter Glaeser — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:15:33 +0000

As far as I understand is Piwik based on OpenX which is a PHP application. So no Java or .NET.

By: Priya

Priya — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:38:41 +0000

Is there any Java or .Net porting option available for Piwik? As I know there is nothing. Let me know if you know of any options?

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:01:59 +0000

Transmitting ones own business data to a competitor is a very good argument against Google Analytics that seems to be plausible even for those guys who cannot be convinced by privacy arguments.

Anyway, everyone should be aware that using Google Analytics is illegal under European data protection law (under almost any circumstances).

By: Carsten

Carsten — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:30:49 +0000

Piwik is a nice piece of software. I use it since about 3 or 4 months for four of my sites. The functionality is not comparable with Analytics but it is enough, if you make no money with your site and just wanna check the normal user stats. But you should have a fast server! My Piwik MySQL database is now more than 66MB big, after such a short time…