Admittedly, I haven’t looked into your plugin in any great detail but I notice you charge around $50/year for the service. What’s the difference between Tracer and Google Analytics, which is free?
The Tracer service is now free for personal use. This service is brand new and we are still fine-tuning our offerings.
Tracer is a simple image that can be inserted into any HTML document. It’s designed for tracking individual content items, whereas Google Analytics and most other solutions are designed to monitor websites. It’s a simple solution when you just need a quick count for specific content.
I could be wrong on this, but I don’t believe Google Analytics will be triggered through your web feeds. Tracer does not rely on javascript like Google Analytics, which means that it can track feed views in addition to blog views.
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