Well, I’m waiting patiently in line for my google analytics invitation:  http://www.google.com/analytics/progress.html

Do I need detailed statistics? Hardly, www.herod.net received 3 hits yesterday, and my blog got about 4, so why do I want google statistics?

Because:

1. Its free
2. I’m curious

Right now, a team of google sys-admins are unpacking new servers, installing new racks, upgrading routers, cabling rooms.  Google software engineers are looking over code, enhancing, improving, perhaps even re-writing it.  Some google manager is looking at the expenditure reports and the budgets and wondering…. when will costs exceed the benefit, when will the shareholders say “Interesting idea guys, but about my share dividend… what are you doing about that….”

I wonder what their commercialisation relies on… is it that they will have intimate access to whats popular on the net?  That they’ll know more about your business than you will?

Gmail proved that Google doesn’t mind invading your privacy if theres a buck to be made (They do read your email to show those ads you know…)