Enable google analytics

[naveen521kk]

I think it would be great to know how many people viewed the website. Using google analytics may be an option, but I would like to respect the browser do not track feature in which case google analytics isn't loaded. This is much similar to how it's done in RTD(https://assets.readthedocs.org/static/javascript/readthedocs-analytics.js).

[cobordism]

Is there a way to do this without google? (maybe without any other tracking JS code)

If you only want to know how many people viewed the site (and a bunch of other data) you do not need any tracking code at all, you can just analyse server logs.

https://plausible.io/blog/google-analytics-alternatives

[naveen521kk]

Is there a way to do this without google? (and without any other tracking JS code)

Dunno, tbh. Google Analytics exists on the docs also and uses the code I linked in the original description.

If you only want to know how many people viewed the site (and a bunch of other data) you do not need any tracking code at all, you can just analyse server logs.

I don't think Github Pages provides server logs for us to view. It doesn't even show how many people visited our site, that's why I want to use some javascript based analytics site. Or should we search for a hosting provider which shows us these analytics? (IIRC, Netlify and Vercel had something similar but it's in their paid plan though). Also, while building the site we would need Manim to be installed; not sure how that can be done on their servers.

[naveen521kk]

Found https://www.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/ and https://www.simpleanalytics.com/ which are better in terms of privacy as compared to Google Analytics. Cloudflare analytics is free, but the other one is paid, maybe we ask for a free plan?

[cobordism]

Meanwhile Google analytics has been declared illegal in parts of Europe. Most recently, Italy joined the list next to France and Austria.
https://chromeunboxed.com/google-analytics-banned-italy-europe