Trak.in blog has made fool of its readers !!!!

Yes..Thats what one Mr. Raj has to say about Trak.in blog !

Here is a comment that he has left on pluggd.in

Do you know how trak.in has made fool of it’s readers? They have installed the analytics code twice – which means every visit to the site is counted twice!!! (view their source code and search for urchin code)

And shamelessly they announced they have reached 100K pageviews!

Very disgusting!

First off, the comment above goes to show how far some readers can go to dissect a blog. Second, the comment made was without any knowledge of how Analytics code works and third I was surprised that this kind of comment was left on another blog, instead of seeking simple clarifiaction or leaving a comment on this blog.

About the 2 urchin codes mentioned, I did not find it when I tried searching for it. Offcourse there are 2 places in source where urchin is mentioned but it is part of same code…

Are there any other readers who have doubts in their mind?

Luckily trak.in blog uses statcounter code along with Google Analytics too and that probably will cross verify the allegation.

Mr. Raj is probably refering to October stats post when Trak.in blog reached 100,000 pageviews and displayed it through this google analytics snapshot.

October Traffic

And here is the statcounter code for that will cross verify the statistics !

I think this should be enough for Mr. Raj to rethink the allegation (If not, I will also provide google adsense impressions report !). I would whole heartedly request the readers to let me know incase of any doubts they may have about statistics or anything else about this blog.

Honestly, I do not mind to showing just 100 real readers rather than falsely ballooning the numbers !

Mr. Raj, if you go as far as looking at code and searching for urchin, you surely have a blog /site, but while making the comment you have chosen not to reveal your identity. This seriously creates doubt in my mind of you are in reality!

If you have any further doubts, please comment or mail me in private and I will clarify it till you are satisfied.

I really did not want to start my first post from India in this way, but this is something I could not get over until I clarified.

Edit: Pluggd.in blog author – Ashish too concurs that statistics are inflated, so I am going to show another stat from my adsense account…just for heck of it…

There are my webhost stats too…Anyone wants that :) I am enjoying this !!!

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Author: Arun Prabhudesai

Arun Prabhudesai is founder / chief editor at trak.in. He jumped the Entrepreneurship bandwagon in early 2008 after a long 13 year stint in I.T Industry. You can follow him on twitter @trakin or get in touch with him at admin-at-trak-dot-in or 91.9822575676.

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