Google Analytics Crashes Amid Rush For Free Service

Not so long ago Urchin cost $695 to $5,000 but after Google bought the log analysis and tracking software, renaming it Google Analytics, the cut the price to zero...nada!

End result? SearchEngineWatch.com reported:

"Over on the ZDNet.com Blogs, Garrett Rogers reports in the article: Google Analytics stops at 234,725 accounts, that Google is temporarily limiting the number of new users who can sign-up for Google Analytics service that became free (for many users) last week.

Rogers writes:
According to the Google Analytics "sign up" page, they have temporarily disallowed people from signing up. They also removed the "Add new profile" link from inside analytics which previously allowed a single account to track up to 40 different Web sites. With 234,725 Analytics accounts created (and probably over 200,000 additional profiles), Google has went from tracking zero to almost half a million in about a week."

According ti Search Engine Watch, the sign-up on the Google Analytics site now notifies new users when they can register.