On: Say goodbye to search analytics

[ErrantX]

So,basically, this threatens his business so he rants about it.

Fair enough be concerned for your business - but attacking DDG and Google for it is unlikely to win favours :P

[_d4od → ErrantX]

That's certainly part of the reason, but I also have the POV of someone who runs many web sites, and I know how annoying it would be to lose search analytics. This is for the greater good of anyone who owns a site. Knowing what searches people are doing to get to your site is extremely important.

[ErrantX → _d4od]

Unfortunately "what users want" always comes first.

And at the moment privacy is the buzzword.

[_delirium → _d4od]

You can get some version of analytics directly from Google via Webmaster Tools. It's a bit more aggregated and anonymized, though.