Google Analytics & Webmasters - Is it time to stop using these?

tophi said:

Have metrica too, actually GA & YM, but I think yandex gives a lot more.

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liwern said:

yeah been wondering the same thing.
We cant use Webmaster to index our new posts, how do we index it then?

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Zbigniew said:

Without going into politics, but a lot of political dissidents are getting banned from social media. Their Twitters, Facebook and Youtube channels are getting killed, simultaneously.

Just now I read @Vegas1979 s post in the recent Google update-thread. (https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/google-releasing-a-large-update-today.1228452/page-67#post-13343834)

He's been targetted. They seem to have linked all his accounts together and just wiped all his websites.

I have seen more stories like these, not only from political figures but also SEO guys. They don't get a manual penalty, but all of their sites get killed overnight. The only connection between them have been that they are using the same GA and Webmaster account. I see posts about this dating back 10 years.

My most recent sites are not using GA or Webmaster. But I'm also thinking about deleting my older sites from these services. Probably too late, but it's worth a shot.

What do you guys think - is it wise to skip these Google services? Can you recommend any analytics plugins as a replacement? Have you had experiences with several sites getting wiped just because they were under the same account?

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