R: [Web4lib] finding a web counter - Google Analytics

[Bonaria Biancu]

Dear colleagues,

I'd like to adopt Google Analytics to create statistics for my library's
website. I have asked for the account and now I have my invitation code.
However I've read the terms of the service that Google requests to accept,
and I've found that they're very limitative and that may be as an
institution we have to take legal information before subscribe.
For instance, Google could decide to change the (economical) terms of the
contract without asking any permission to the institution that uses
Analytics. I think this could be virtually dangerous from an administrative
point of view.
Is there any library adopting Analytics? Have they accepted Google service
terms?

Thank you very much and best regards,

Bonaria

Bonaria Biancu
Biblioteca di Ateneo - Sede Centrale
Universita' di Milano Bicocca
Piazza Ateneo Nuovo, 1 - 20126 Milano (Italy)
Tel.: +39.02.64486236
E-mail: bonaria.biancu at unimib.it
Web: http://www.biblio.unimib.it
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> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-
> bounces at webjunction.org] Per conto di Richard Wiggins
> Inviato: lunedì 12 giugno 2006 22.50
> A: Dan Lester
> Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org; John Fitzgibbon
> Oggetto: Re: [Web4lib] finding a web counter
>
> I agree with Dan.
>
> Another suggestion: Google Analytics.  It's Urchin, only hosted.  It's
> pretty good.  Register and add an HTML snippet to your pages.  You get
> MUCH
> more than a counter.
>
> Visible Web counters are very mid-90s.  Also, we had one case where a Web
> counter was a link to install spyware.
>
> /rich