What is Google Analytics? Google Analytics is a free website tracking tool and platform that collects data on how users interact with your website. Once the data is collected, Google Analytics sorts the data into easy-to-read interactive reports, which is what we see on the platform. History of Google Analytics Initially, if people wanted to know their website traffic, you have to go through the server log which was hard to comprehend. Companies compile log files and create reports based on the available data to make it easier. A company named Urchin made log file reports which were highly popular at the time. I n 2005, Google acquired Urchin, worked on it, and relaunched it as Google Analytics. Ever since its launch, it became the most widely used web analytics software on the internet. Why you shou...