All of the changes at Google are enough to make you want to cry over spilled milk.

As if it wasn’t enough to hear rumors Feedburner is shutting down, then they announce Reader is retiring and now Alerts is next?

I’ve always said we’re not the user of Google – we’re the product – so it shouldn’t be so devastating when they take away our free products, but change is hard. And it is devastating.

On the flip side, however, they’re launching some new things that will help you retrieve data and make better decisions: Universal Analytics and they began showing you trackbacks to your site.

Let’s first talk about where you can go to get the services you’re accustomed to having without a lot of pain in change. (more…)