Microsoft launches Project Gatineau web analytics private beta

by Brad Linder Oct 30th 2007

Microsoft has opened the doors (well, cracked the window really) for its new Google Analytics competitor. Codenamed, Project Gatineau, the new web analytics tool will offer web publishers and advertisers advanced tools for measuring how people are interacting with web sites.

The private beta which launches today is only available to US-based advertisers at the moment. Advertisers can sign up via a Microsoft website. During the beta, Project Gatineau will only be available to adCenter account holders, which means you'll have to shell out $5 to sign up for an account if you don't already have one. It's not clear if the analytics tool will be available to users without adCenter accounts after Project Gatineau emerges from beta.

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Tags: google-analytics, project-gatineau, web-analytics

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Dariyoush said 6:46PM on 10-30-2007

It is so nice

michael said 7:57PM on 10-30-2007

Project Gatineau definitely seems quite interesting. Much more advanced it seems than Google Analytics.

I just wonder if it's as simple to use. I'm guessing it should.

I'm not going to pay $5 for a beta though. I'll wait until it comes out problem free, and maybe price free as well. Gatineau definitely looks promising. Just wish they changed the name as well.

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