Hello everyone! It's been over a month since the last blog post so here is an update of what I've been up to...
Since my first post at the start of Feb (about server side Google Analytics and the EU cookie law), I've been receiving more traffic to the blog than I was expecting - it seems there are a lot of other folks out there looking for any news or potential solutions to the cookie issue. The irony isn't lost that I got this from GA.
As there were a lot of people looking for answers (or solutions), I decided to resume my search and found what might be a solution.... for those running PHP and Linux! No real evidence of a supported and active solution for the rest of us running Windows / IIS / ASP.net.
That's when I decided that if there isn't a solution out there to negate the impact of having no guaranteed access to Google Analytics then I might as well revisit my posts in Feb and see if I can do one myself.....
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This is a minor update to go along side the previous post (Read Part 1). At time of writing I have man flu so I apologise if it doesn't make much sense.
Over the last week I've had a limited amount of time to test out the ASP.net server side analytics code, and in short I've had mixed results. The following isn't set in stone but is what I've discovered so far.
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In the UK websites have until May 2012 to "get their house in order", but as with most things we as a nation are leaving it till the last minute in the hope someone will put their hand up and say "this is silly, lets scrap the idea" but that's not really likely to happen is it. Do you dare doing nothing in the risk of a potential fine? I know I don't have £500k spare just in case they want to make an example.
If you visit the ICO website (www.ico.gov.uk) they block Google Analytics until you accept their cookie. That's as clear a statement as you would ever need on their stance to tracking.
Updated April: Visit my Cookie Free Analytics site and download the V1.0.0.1 core source code.
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