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Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics
Is Google Analytics still useful and how accurate are its stats? How much data is missing from Google Analytics due to adblockers and privacy-friendly browsers?
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AMP pages no longer get preferential treatment in Google search
From the release of the page experience algorithm, there is no longer any preferential treatment for AMP in Google’s search results, Top Stories carousel and the Google News.
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How We built a $1M ARR open source SaaS
We’ve reached a significant milestone of $1 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) with Plausible Analytics. This post is a recap of how we got to this point.
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Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site. What trends are we seeing?
Millions are exploring European alternatives for privacy-friendly tech. Which are the top categories, top tools, and the global demand driving this shift.
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An alternative to using Google Analytics on your website
Here’s a look at why you should remove Google Analytics from your website and help create a more open, independent web that’s more friendly to the visitors.
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How to pay your rent with your open source project
A look at the different business and pricing models to fund open source software and make it sustainable.
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Why we’re changing to the AGPL license
We’re changing our license as we’ve become aware that there are risks associated with permissive open source licenses that corporations that don’t care about open source are happy to take advantage of.
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We bootstrapped our open source Google Analytics alternative to $500k ARR
It took us a year to reach the first $400 MRR and then it took us nine months to go from $400 to $10k MRR. Now, ten months after the $10k milestone, we’re at $500,000 ARR.
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Lessons from building and growing an open source SaaS
Here are some lessons learned from building and growing an open source SaaS startup in the highly competitive web analytics market.
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How to fight back against Google FLoC
Here’s a closer look at Google’s Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) initiative and how you can fight back and opt-out as a web user and a web developer.
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Plausible Community Edition
We’re introducing the “free as in beer”, self-hosted and AGPL-licensed Plausible Community Edition (CE).