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Google Stops Analytics Registration Due to Huge Demand

  • ZDNet, Monday, November 21, 2005 11:03 AM
Due to the enormous amount of data it has had to process, Google has temporarily stopped letting people sign up for its free analytics product, and has removed the "Add new profile" link which allowed existing accounts to track up to 40 different Web sites. Nearly 235,000 accounts have been created for Google Analytics in the last week. This underscores an incredible demand for the product--but the delays mean Google Analytics has not started out on the right foot with its customers. Critics have said Google should have employed an invitation-only approach in the same way it did with Gmail to stem the heavy flow of new users to the site. Nevertheless, most people still think Google Analytics is likely to become a huge success for the Internet advertising giant.

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