Google Analytics is now tracking Chrome

October 1, 2008 | By eric | No Comments »

If you are not aware yet, Google Analytics is now counting the visitors that are using Chrome browser. Prior to September 4, Google announced that they would not track the usage of Chrome for some time. I guess they were in a hurry to include it so that they can get a glimpse on how many people are really using Chrome.

In reality, even if Google will not add yet Chrome on Google analytics’ list of browser, Chrome in itself has a tracking feature that can sends information about visited websites back to Google. Some of the information that it regularly transmit includes usage statistics, keystrokes, and identifies each user with a unique ID. This unique ID is issued when browser is installed. Google said this can be prevented by deactivating the ”Google Suggest” feautre.