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I’ve finally got rid of Google Analytics from all my websites. It’s no longer here at dsokolovskiy.com<\/a>, daniellesden.com<\/a> or psytranceguide.com<\/a>. Yay!<\/p>\n

There were many things I didn’t like about Google Analytics for a long time: it’s a service run by one of the world’s largest companies whose business model relies on intrusive ads; it conflicts with all modern privacy regulations like GDPR (and even declared illegal in certain countries); it’s bloated, with an outdated UI that is overkill for small websites like mine.<\/p>\n

Upon my recent research, I was surprised to find how many alternatives are available today, even though it once seemed that Google Analytics had a monopoly on the market. That may have been true several years ago, making it the default option for me, but fortunately, that’s no longer the case.<\/p>\n

In case you’re curious, I’ve switched to a service called Plausible. There are other good services around now too, but I liked this one after giving it a 30-day trial. It’s a simple, open-source, lightweight script that doesn’t use cookies and doesn’t collect personal data. I also like the way the dashboard looks, which is an important factor to me too.<\/p>\n

This service isn’t free. It costs me £19 a month for my current configuration which is more than I pay for hosting and domain name services combined. However, if you think about it, Google Analytics wasn’t ‘free’ either, I just paid with a different currency – the privacy of my website’s visitors. I’d rather pay with money; at least that feels fair.<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2024-06-19T13:32:34+01:00", "date_modified": "2024-06-23T10:37:49+01:00", "tags": [ "Marketing", "My websites and blog" ], "image": "https:\/\/dsokolovskiy.com\/blog\/pictures\/plausible-analytics.png", "_date_published_rfc2822": "Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:32:34 +0100", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "910", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": true, "links_required": [], "og_images": [ "https:\/\/dsokolovskiy.com\/blog\/pictures\/plausible-analytics.png" ] } }, { "id": "907", "url": "https:\/\/dsokolovskiy.com\/blog\/all\/fresh-re-start\/", "title": "Fresh re-start", "content_html": "

Over the past years, I’ve been posting all sorts of things on my blog: from new podcast episodes to life events and random personal updates. That partly was intentional, as I like to keep everything around rather than having it scattered across different platforms and social media. I thought posting here everything<\/i> was a good idea. But when I recently scrolled through the blog, I felt it had become almost like a newsfeed, and I didn’t like it.<\/p>\n

I want to have a blog with more meaningful posts. A blog that would invite people to read, and encourage me to write. Fewer ‘check it out’ posts, less noise. More thoughts, more meaning. This is the type of blog I would like to have.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, I’ve hidden a substantial amount of posts. I’ve been pretty ruthless in clearing it up, so don’t be surprised if you miss a post or two (or a few hundred).<\/p>\n

At the same time, I’ve done my best to find more appropriate places for some types of content that I’m posting regularly. For example, the Ask Me Anything series<\/a> now has a dedicated page for each episode on the website, so I no longer need to post it here. The same goes for almost everything music-related, like Rave Podcast<\/a>, which now can be found on the website of my music alias. Some work is still in progress in that regard, so you might see occasional ‘not found’ pages for the time being, which I’ll fix eventually.<\/p>\n

I want to encourage you to grab the RSS feed<\/a> to subscribe to new blog posts, which I hope you’ll enjoy reading. If you want to keep up with all my news and updates, my Telegram channel<\/a> is the best place. For anything else, don’t hesitate to hit me up via email<\/a>.<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2024-06-16T20:39:33+01:00", "date_modified": "2024-06-16T22:36:15+01:00", "tags": [ "My websites and blog" ], "_date_published_rfc2822": "Sun, 16 Jun 2024 20:39:33 +0100", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "907", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": true, "links_required": [], "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "851", "url": "https:\/\/dsokolovskiy.com\/blog\/all\/websites-split-update\/", "title": "Website split: new changes", "content_html": "

As I dive into different roles, both within and beyond the music scene, I’ve decided to split my website into two separate entities:<\/p>\n