[pmwiki-users] Google Analytics

Tom celok at gmx.net
Wed Aug 23 10:49:40 CDT 2006


Without much ado, i fully agree to this opinion.

In short: "Please do not make any Google/Yahoo/AnyThingElse a core feature."

Just my two cents.

(Actually my objection in this case is (amongst the general reasons)
based on Google's censoring policy in China.)

Best Regards,
Tom

Neil Herber schrieb am 23.08.2006 16:56 Uhr:
> At 2006-08-22  10:51 PM -0400, Alan Hoyle is rumored to have said:
>> I am personally in favor of adding the option to Core as well.  I run
>> a few instances of PmWiki and use Google Analytics on a couple of
>> them.
> 
> Initially I thought that this was a non-issue and so said nothing.
> 
> Now, however, I have a few worries about the slippery slope that 
> inclusion in the core presents. Rather than being a purely 
> open-source project, PmWiki will have some components embedded in it 
> that are of a commercial nature. There may already be such components 
> in PmWiki, but I am not aware of them - so shame on me if they are there.
> 
> I know that at least one of my clients would be concerned about 
> having Google "code" inside PmWiki even if it is something that needs 
> to be switched on by the admin. They have no problems with recipes, 
> because they are clearly not part of the basic system and can be 
> omitted or inserted as required.
> 
> They are not concerned about how users have "found" their sites, 
> because for the most part they are closed. If they went to the Google 
> page http://www.google.com/analytics/ , the heading that says 
> "Integrated with Adwords" would be enough to kill any consideration of PmWiki.
> 
> Their views may be minor, but having Google Analytics as a recipe 
> would sidestep the issue completely. Most admins (on this list, 
> anyway) are using other recipes, so one more should not be a show stopper.
> 
> 
> Neil Herber
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