mymotech - 10:54 pm on Mar 10, 2006 (gmt 0)

It really surprised me when they released GA that they suggested people put it in the HEAD tag. Tracking visitors is important but it is not more important than the visitors themselves.

The important thing to remember is that the tracking tag is just some javascript it does not have to be placed somewhere special on the page.

While I don't think GA is particularly good for commercial sites it is too bad that so many webmasters are having a hard time with it, because the product itself is quite nice. I have had it on my sites since day one with absolutely no problem.