Google Analytics To Drop Internet Explorer 8 Support

Now here’s a non-news story for you.

If you are using Google Analytics and IE8, then you’re going to have a bad time as the search giant has recently announced its plans to drop the support for Microsoft’s web browser by the end of 2013.

As it says in the blog post, Google has “decided to do this to both accelerate the pace at which we can innovate new product features, and to facilitate adoption of newer web technologies in the design of the Google Analytics product.”

Therefore, you have 3 months to convince your boss that it’s time to switch to something else. Ready? Get Set. Go!