Since the early days of website hit counters much of our analytic attention has been focused on overall site visits. Just about every piece of analytic software you try out will start you out with that metric showing you, day-by-day, how many people have visited your site. But is it really all that important? Say […]
Web Analytics: Page Tagging
Have you ever heard of a program called Google Analytics? It’s offered by some little online search company for absolutely no cost, just out of the kindness of their hearts…Or maybe the web giant is providing the service to help sell more ads, who can tell, either way it’s FREE. Google Analytics uses a method […]
Web Analytics: Logfile Analysis
Ok, so if you’re like some of the people I know, this might be your approach to web analytics… Dr. RandE: “Hmm, I would like to know how many people are visiting the blahblah foundation website. I’ll give my website guy, Chuck, a call.” Ring…Ring… Chuck: “Hello” Dr. RandE: “Hi Chuck, Dr. RandE here. I […]
Topic Blog: Flowing Data
Without a doubt the most popular blogging approach is just picking and sticking to a topic. Specialization makes a lot of sense. There is a lot of competition on the web, so making it easy for a reader to know what they will find on your site is critical. The key is to […]
Me Blog: Chris Brogan
Look at Me! Look at Me! It’s something my 2 year old daughter says when she is doing something for which she is particularly proud. Like spinning really fast or dancing with her Belle doll. As adults, we’re often too modest to call attention to ourselves so directly. But on the web, where there is […]
Blogging Community: Scientific Blogging
Yesterday I covered the community blog, today, the blogging community. What’s the difference? In short, while a community blog is often a single blog with multiple authors, a blogging community is multiple blogs combined into one site. Usually when you have a single community blog, there is a fair amount of editorial control. Someone often […]