[$] Lightweight alternatives to Google Analytics

More and more web-site owners are concerned about the "all-seeing Google"tracking users as they browse around the web. Google Analytics (GA) is a full-featured web-analytics system that is available for free and, despite the privacyconcerns, has become the de facto analytics tool for small and large web sitesalike. However, in recent years, a growing number of alternatives are helpingbreak Google's dominance. In this article we'll look at two of the lightweightopen-source options, namely GoatCounter and Plausible. In a subsequent article,we'll look at a few of the larger tools.