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why link to google analytics ? #2053

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anonymous-matomo-user opened this issue Jan 30, 2011 · 2 comments
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why link to google analytics ? #2053

anonymous-matomo-user opened this issue Jan 30, 2011 · 2 comments
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@anonymous-matomo-user
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consider not linking to Google Analytics right on the upper part of the homepage so that people who click there don't get sucked in by Google's superior page. Instead, consider linking to Wikipedia article where the problem with it is described.

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I agree.

And, furthermore, Google does not link us as a opensource alternative for their services.

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Thank you for the feedback. I agree there's no reciprocal link or SEO purpose. However, there may be some legal justification.

The front page makes an editorial comparison to GA (ie "open source alternative") and visibly uses the trademark. Anchoring the trademark with a corresponding URL means there's no misrepresentation or link confusion if someone landed on piwik.org but expected to find GA.

(p.s. Wikipedia pages can be easily vandalized, so linking to it is not a recommended alternative.)

Besides, this could become an interesting metric, eg 30 Outlinks to GA vs 1500 pageviews of the front page.

@anonymous-matomo-user anonymous-matomo-user added this to the Piwik 1.2 milestone Jul 8, 2014
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