Urchin was a web statistics analysis program developed by Urchin Software Corporation. It analyzed web server log file content and displayed the traffic information on that website based upon the log data. Launched April 30, 2005; shut down March 28, 2012 — it lived 6 years. One of 23 Google products killed in 2012. Urchin was a web statistics analysis program that was developed by Urchin Software Corporation. Urchin analyzed web server log file content and displayed the traffic information on that website based upon the log data. Sales of Urchin products ended on March 28, 2012. Wiki link Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com, MIT).