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Question: If you don't use google analytics are you penalized in google SEO?

No. Google employees have denied that on multiple occasions[1]

[1]: https://plausible.io/blog/google-analytics-seo

The answer to "will using other analytics penalize you?" is "probably". Now let's rephrase the original question, "Will using other analytics penalize you more than using ones from Google?".

Absolutely not. Deep dive here: https://usefathom.com/blog/google-analytics-seo

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