How to protect your engagement data

This post is from from my other blog here

It's My Data and I'll Hide if I want to It's pretty late at the moment, but I was just thinking about some recent site development strategies I have been implementing and why exactly, I am going about things the way I am. And so why not walk together right? I thought so.... let's go this way... Much of it revolves around Google Web services and the potential ramifications they may have to a site used prematurely or recklessly. What do I mean by prematurely? Bear with me a little longer and I shall enhance the picture for you. To start with let’s look at a few common tools and incursions that the average webmaster may employ. You know the types; Google SiteMap - Google Analytics - Google Site Search - Google AdSenseEach of them has the ability to digest a great deal of information about your site and the actions of users on a page by page or site wide (global) basis depending on the implementation and tools being used. Add to that the myriad of other bots that come to your page, (indexing, filtering, spam bots, etc...) . a search engine can begin to build a clearer image of an over-all perceived value of your page(s) statistically, far better than they could without such additional data. I don’t bloody care what anyone says; there is an inherent risk in giving away any type of performance metrics from your site…. So what to do? This is where I look to the systemic fauna that grows out from this conundrum. In short, what's the easiest way to account for this potential problem without breaking a sweat? Puzzle Pieces - the 3Ms In a world of search marketing that has roots growing ever closer to human interaction measurement, analysis...