I’m actually in Hawaii right now, so I’m just not up to producing my regular Sunday Blog. It would take a truly dedicated blogger to produce anything under these far too idylic circumstances.
Final Report of the 2007 Analytics Shoot Out Available!
The 2007 Analytics Shoot Out Final Report is now available. This report is the final report in our study of 7 different analytics packages running across 4 different web sites simultaneously. Here are the sections you will find in this new report:
Tracking RSS Subscriptions with Google Analytics
One of the most frustrating things about RSS is not being able to track RSS subscription rates from source traffic.
There are other problems such as how people interact with your RSS content, but even being able to determine which sources of traffic result in subscribers would be a huge commercial advantage for bloggers, allowing them to focus their efforts on traffic generation strategies that will grow their business.
Web Analytics Dead? No, Just Maturing
It seems like a title like “XYZ is dead”, substitute XYZ for anything, is in fashion. I guess it gets more attention than saying XYZ is maturing or XYZ is changing. Not long ago there was a tile like “Page views is Dead”, now where is an article by Nick Sharp of Webtrends “Web Analytics is Dead”.
Nick Sharp wrote:
Google Analytics & Compete Toolbar Not Playing Nice
I was having a problem with Google Analytics a week or so ago and yesterday Michael Gray was having the same problem. I thought more people might end up sharing our issue with Analytics and figured posting the solution was in order.
New Google Analytics Features
After receiving numerous requests for the same features, Google Analytics has added some new features. They include:
Why You Don’t Need Web Analytics
How many saw that headline and heaved a sigh of relief? “Oh good,” you thought, “one less thing on my to do list.”
Web Analytics World has 21 reasons that you do not need web analytics. Any of these sound like you or your clients?
Technorati Takes Analytics Up A Notch
If you’ve been blogging for any length of time, you’d have heard of Technorati, the blog community site. They’ve recently revamped their stats and ranking system to factor in social factors. The net result? This blog has seen a jump in rankings, testament to the fact that social traffic strategies work.
Let’s look at the new stats panel:
Google Analytics for Tracking Google Base Referrals
Tracking referrals from Google Base can be difficult and confusing.
MeasureMap Behind Google Analytics Redesign
I suspected that either MeasureMap was a wasted acquisition, or they were being tasked with fixing the overcomplicated and user-unfriendly interface that Google Analytics bore. As recently as yesterday, I asked “What happened to MeasureMap”? Well, turns out that yesterday’s redesign of Google Analytics, while something most people haven’t seen yet, is a success, was done by those same MeasureMap guys. Why am I not suprised?