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<p>Web analytics involves collecting, processing, visualizing web data to enable
critical thinking about how users interact with a web application.</p>
<h2>Why is web analytics important?</h2>
<p>User clients, especially web browsers, generate significant data while users
read and interact with webpages. The data provides insight into
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<p>It's easy to get overwhelmed at both the number of analytics services and
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metrics when you're just starting out. As your application scales and you
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to better understand why people buy or don't buy what you're selling. With
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Piwik is a solid choice if you cannot use Google Analytics or want to
customize your own web analytics platform.</p>
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self-hosted platform that integrates through a JavaScript snippet that
tracks users' interactions with the webpage.</p>
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<h2>Hosted web analytics services</h2>
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<p><a href="https://www.google.com/analytics/">Google Analytics</a> is a widely used
free analytics tool for website traffic.</p>
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<p><a href="https://clicky.com/">Clicky</a> provides real-time analytics comparable to
Google Analytics' real-time dashboard.</p>
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helper library so it can be used in other tools such as Excel.</p>
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