I've seen a contest running which allows you to win invitation of google analytics & ether.com

It is a blog writing contest and the full details are avaiable over here :
http://www.reviewsaurus.com/2006/06/free-guide-to-earn-money-google.html

The blog owner is asking to write blog entry related to technology, it can be a review or anything related to software, operating system or about any software or web company and then the best entry will get invitation of Google ANALYTICS!

is it really that hard to get an invitation to google analytics?!

yup!
im waiting for months and months!!
and no luck..
same think happen to me with Writely!

Google doesnt like that much :(

it is really hard to get the invitation of google analytics...people have paid more than 100 $ for the invitation..and look at this guy..he is giving it for free :p

I got an analytics invitation a few days after I asked for one..............

good for you! but I think bad for mayank who is my friend...and who is running the contest....he missed out one possible entrant :)