HACKER Q&A
📣 muzani

Web Analytics for 2024


I'm reviving an old site and I'm looking to revamp analytics. My primary concern is that many browsers today are already blocking them as tracker scripts.

For context, it's a meditation app where people log in, meditate for a few minutes, then tell us how they feel. It's meant to be used daily. If it's not simple enough, they'll drop off, so analytics are used mostly for engagement tracking.

GA is optimised around advertising rather than engagement. It's also being blocked by browsers and it's getting quite complicated.

Heatmaps are a little useful too. Hotjar has been fine for this, but I wonder if it's a little intrusive or if there's better tools out there.

  👤 meiraleal Accepted Answer ✓
My solution is to use server logs. Cloud HTTP logs are usually terrible and very slow so I'm use nginx (or caddy) with cloudflare (DNS only) and get access to real time logs. I also use a subdomain to dispatch HTTP requests for specific things like /user_sign_up. This works perfectly even with adblocks.
👤 XCSme
I built a self-hosted alternative to Hotjar/GA, that also has some unique features: https://www.uxwizz.com

You can enable/disable specific tracking and privacy settings as you wish.

To track engagement you can use the Tags and Events features.

Happy to answer any questions!