Google Inside

Yeah right, I wish it was out. But I was thinking about some SEO software and how it might hook in to Google Analytics. After thinking about it, I hopped on to the Google Groups to see if there was any talk of it. Yeah, there were a couple posts but there weren’t any official responses to it.

What good would an API for Analytics do?
A ton of good. An API for Analytics would allow for developers to grab data directly from the database without having to export it. This would allow for a much easier integration of custom built software for such things as ROI through AdWords. While there is integration of AdWords into Analytics, I think from an SEO stand-point it would be a huge deal.

Being able to match up keywords from which search engines and to be able to monitor backlinks and everything of that nature, it would be huge to have that all in one interface.

I’ve been coming up with some ideas for some SEO software, guess I’ll just have to find the time to write it.

So again, to conclude, there is not currently an Analytics API, I’m just hoping there will be.

Update: Here’s a hack-around of an API for Analytics if you want to start playing with some PHP.

Update! A great update to a version that works! Check out the most recent Google Analytics API!