```json
{
    "title": "Web Analytics Industry Shake up",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2005/03/29/web-analytics-industry-shake-up/",
    "datePublished": "2005-03-29",
    "dateModified": "2005-03-29",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "NetIQ sold off WebTrends to Francisco Partners. [here] I always wondered about the NetIQ deal, so it's nice to see WebTrends on it's own again...but it is now going up…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# Web Analytics Industry Shake up

NetIQ sold off WebTrends to Francisco Partners. [

[here](http://www.adrants.com/2005/03/web-analytic-firm-parts-with-parent.php)

]
I always wondered about the NetIQ deal, so it's nice to see WebTrends on it's own again...but it is now going up against

[Google](http://www.newestindustry.org/index.php/2005/03/29/google_in_the_web_analytics_field)

.
More on the deals

[here](http://www.infobaseventures.com/blog/2005/03/28.html#a341)

and

[here](http://blog.frogbody.com/frogblog/2005/03/google_acquires.html)

More from SVW

[here](http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2005/03/google_purchase.php)

.
John Battelle With more comments on

**Web Analytics Shake-Up 2005**

. [

[here](http://battellemedia.com/archives/001365.php)

]
Andrew Goodman has a great Urchin/Google Round-Up. [

[here](http://www.traffick.com/2005/03/google-changes-rules-of-analytics-game.asp)

]