johnsmith153 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I need to log details in PHP of analytics and usage. I'm looking at various possibilities: - Google Analytics server-side - segment.io - Just adding a record to a DB with PHP My concern is how much additional processing this will take on my server. Of course Google Analytics' JavaScript implementation won't use anything on my server, but my server-side method of course will. I also notice that on https://segment.io/docs/integrations/google-analytics they mention that "Server-side Google Analytics is being deprecated due to difficulty of use" - what does this mean? So basically, I want to implement some basic analytics storing (count number of hits to a URL + some other basic info) server-side - what's the best way to do this considering all things? It seems that adding a record to the DB every page view might be a little too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidAM Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 This forum updates my profile (Last Active Date-Time) on every page view. It also updates each Topic I read (Number of Views). In fact, the bottom of this screen says it executed 15 Queries to show me this Topic. A single well written insert to the database for every page view should not be too taxing. On the other hand, writing the code to actually analyze the data could be a chore (for the programmer, I mean). Google has done it, why re-invent the wheel (unless you need too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberRobot Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I also notice that on https://segment.io/docs/integrations/google-analytics they mention that "Server-side Google Analytics is being deprecated due to difficulty of use" - what does this mean? The way I read that is the ability to enable Google Analytics from within Segment.io is being depreciated. Based on a cursory look through the web, I didn't see any references to server-side Google Analytics being shut down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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