Keeping a local copy of your Google Analytics data can be very useful for your organisation. For example, for third party data audits, reprocessing data, troubleshooting purposes, and for viewing data longer than 25 months (Google’s current data retention commitment). Having a local copy of the collected data allows you achieve all these and protects you from the accidental or malicious deletion of your GA account and profiles. If you are looking for an outsourced backup service for Google Analytics, contact GA-Experts.com, who can do this all for you… [This post updated: 04-Aug-2009] Benefits of keeping a local copy of Google Analytics visitor data What you can do with your local copy of your data: Greater control over your data e.g. for third-party audits Troubleshoot Google Analytics implementation issues Process historical data as far back as you wish – using Urchin Re-process data when you wish – using Urchin Use [...]