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Originally Posted by JamesGw
I don't really see any issue in using Google Analytics. I use it on my websites and it hasn't caused any issues in regard to ranking or traffic. While Google is in the data mining business, they're going to receive a massive amount of information from your site just from Google Toolbar, their own search stats, and third party apps/toolbars.
Plus, a lot of the other alternatives don't really compare.
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You'll get more and better data by using a combination of piwik and server logs. As far as accuracy goes there is nothing that can compare to logs. I see no reason to ever willingly turn more data over to Google.
I don't know of anyone other than new webmasters who have the toolbar installed. Most newbies think that little green PR graph actually means something.