Comments on: Would You Trust Microsoft With Analytics Data? http://www.slicksurface.com/blog/2007-07/would-you-trust-microsoft-with-analytics-data Observations about technology, design, and search engine optimization by the staff of Slicksurface LLC - a design and technology company located in New York. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:57:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jay Harper http://www.slicksurface.com/blog/2007-07/would-you-trust-microsoft-with-analytics-data#comment-17 Jay Harper Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:29:00 +0000 http://new.slicksurface.com/blog/?p=75#comment-17 Agreed, a paid service is definitely superior, but the free services have their place - as backups (to confirm observations), and then there are just all the web sites that can't justify paying for analytics. Agreed, a paid service is definitely superior, but the free services have their place - as backups (to confirm observations), and then there are just all the web sites that can’t justify paying for analytics.

]]> By: Dennis R. Mortensen http://www.slicksurface.com/blog/2007-07/would-you-trust-microsoft-with-analytics-data#comment-16 Dennis R. Mortensen Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:26:00 +0000 http://new.slicksurface.com/blog/?p=75#comment-16 >When you pay for analytics with services such as WebTrends and IndexTools you sign contracts and the data clearly belongs to you<br/><br/>You not only own the data you can also and at any time request it delivered! – which in my humble opinion is a great way of making sure that we as a vendor stay sharp on customer service (instead of living on technology lock-in and data-ownership)<br/><br/>Cheers<br/><br/>Dennis R. Mortensen, COO at IndexTools<br/>My <a HREF="http://visualrevenue.com/blog" REL="nofollow">Web Analytics Blog</a> >When you pay for analytics with services such as WebTrends and IndexTools you sign contracts and the data clearly belongs to you

You not only own the data you can also and at any time request it delivered! – which in my humble opinion is a great way of making sure that we as a vendor stay sharp on customer service (instead of living on technology lock-in and data-ownership)

Cheers

Dennis R. Mortensen, COO at IndexTools
My Web Analytics Blog

]]>