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Thanks guys for clarification.

I am building a serious business over here, nothing to hide

I currently have installed Piwik. But GA is being a standard when it comes to integration with other apps and tutorials, so thats why i want to make the switch.

I will just do it and will let you know any significance changes, if so...

Thanks!

Dear Moz-members,

I have read several discussions regarding not to implement Google analytics on your website. Reason: Google is tracking your website behavior, for example you have a high bounce rate it will affect your rankings negative.

See it as we are opening the doors too much to Google so it can have a negative impact on your online business, especially when your site is new and you are still building your credit. Because of this i have not chosen to install GA.

What is your experience with this? Most of the time if i read analytics posts at Seomoz, people do have GA installed.

I am also in doubt whether to switch over at GA, but then again mine site is relative new and i am still working on the negative bounce rate/daily visitors.

Would like to hear from you pro's whether this is a myth or not

Thanks!