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10 Fundamental Web Analytics Truths: Embrace 'Em & Win Big E-mail
Friday, 02 April 2010 15:14
ninja 1by Avinash Kaushik

There are more mistruths and F U D about Web analytics out there than I think is reasonable.

Part of it fueled by Vendors. What a competitive bunch!

Part of it fueled by some Consultants. I suppose the rational is: self preservation before all else.

Part of it is fueled by a vocal minority genuinely upset that 10 years on we are still not a statistically powered bunch doing complicated analysis that is shifting paradigms. They generally feel it is beneath them to...
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How Bounce Rate Can Help You Pinpoint Site Problems E-mail
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 08:41
graphRobbin Steif, CEO , LunaMetrics

Is your site less effective that you think it ought to be? One way to pinpoint possible problems is through the use of a metric called "bounce rate."Defining Bounce Rate

A bounce is a one-page visit. "I came, I landed, I left." Bounce Rate is the rate at which bounces occur, that is, the number of bounces on a page divided by the number of people who entered the site on that page.Bounce Rate for a webpage=Number of single-page visits to the...
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Counters and Trackers E-mail
Thursday, 18 February 2010 07:38
web statsBy Chris Beasley on sitepoint.com

Early in the life of the Web, counters were fairly popular. A counter is a simple script that records the number of visitors to a site in a text file or database and then displays the total, either textually or graphically, on the Website. You still find them on some amateur pages, but for the most part, their use has died out -- primarily because site owners wanted more complex information about their traffic, but also because these counters have come to be...
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5 stages of web analytics E-mail
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 10:10
analyticsStage 1: Site analysis

Key questions you need to address:How many visitors are coming to my site? How are visitors using my site? How are visitors finding my site?

Core functional requirements:Visitor analysis Referrer analysis (pages and keywords) Strong library of parameterized “out of the box” reports

Comments on the market: These capabilities are table stakes to enter the web analytics market and most of the solutions out there do a reasonably good job here. Expect a more limited...
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Key web analytic definitions E-mail
Tuesday, 12 January 2010 15:21
analyticsThere are no globally agreed definitions within web analytics as the industry bodies have been trying to agree definitions that are useful and definitive for some time. The main bodies who have had input in this area have been Jicwebs(Industry Committee for Web Standards)/ABCe (Auditing Bureau of Circulations electronic, UK and Europe), The WAA (Web Analytics Association, US) and to a lesser extent the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau). This does not prevent the following list from being a...
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