I must work with Google Analytics for many campaigns and reporting features for my day job. I have to say - I hate it. It feels bloated and not intuitive; the documentation is off in some places by years and never cleaned up. I have to psych myself up to do what I have to do at work. Too much information is collected that is never used, and you cannot pick and choose what you want. What started as a nice platform a long time ago is an utter disaster now.
It feels like using a bazooka where a slingshot is needed. For this site, I am only looking for an estimate of the number of people who may have read it and whether any posts were particularly interesting. End of story.
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