And "free".. Like the "free" Google web tools that webmasters are addicted to. Even Alex Jones who rants about how evil Google is uses them on his websites, and you can't even buy any of his products without Google collecting all of your data.
(At least FR seems to have finally gotten rid of its google bots. I complained about that for years.)
I've given all my friends and 'co-conspirators' email accounts on my servers, but some of them refuse to drop Gmail.
FreeRepublic.com is still using Google Analytics:
www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js
Thank you for trying to help your friends via private e-mail accounts.
Dittos.