News and updates from Fathom

Every few weeks we publish articles about Fathom Analytics news and features, as well as topics of interest about Laravel, and the changing privacy-focused business landscape. Old-school? Grab the RSS.

Written by humans, for humans. Every post is written by hand, without AI.

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Fathom Analytics vs the competition

Fathom Analytics vs the competition

Fathom Analytics is simple to use, and fully respects the privacy of your website visitors. Let’s compare it to the competition (and Google Analytics).

20 years to overnight success

20 years to overnight success

A detailed look at how to create a lasting and successful product.

Does removing Google Analytics hurt SEO rankings?

Does removing Google Analytics hurt SEO rankings?

The short answer is no, using Fathom instead of Google Analytics will not hurt your SEO ranking.

What we’ve learned about digital privacy through a 1,500+ person survey

What we’ve learned about digital privacy through a 1,500+ person survey

1,515 people participated and shared their fears and behaviours around digital privacy.

I quit my job to work on Fathom Analytics full time

I quit my job to work on Fathom Analytics full time

As 2020 came around, it was becoming clear to me that I couldn’t handle my full time job and run Fathom, so I had to leave.

We must ban targeted advertising immediately

We must ban targeted advertising immediately

The solution to one of our most challenging privacy issues of today could have the simplest answer.

April Fools: Individual Person Tracking

April Fools: Individual Person Tracking

Now Fathom customers don’t have to just rely on our speedy but anonymized and aggregate data for their website.

Should I use Laravel Vapor?

Should I use Laravel Vapor?

You've heard of Vapor, you know that it's for serverless Laravel deployment, but what does it do?

Improve Laravel Vapor response time with prewarming

Improve Laravel Vapor response time with prewarming

We take a look at the true cost of prewarming and why you shouldn't be scared of it

What is Serverless?

What is Serverless?

We've all heard the term serverless. But what is it and how does Vapor utilize it?