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| Forum: Website Analytics - Tracking and Logging | ||||
| Displaying Topics 1 - 40 (50 total) Sorted by: Date-Last-Post, Direction: forward | ||||
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| 1: |  Visitor path anlysis - any value in this ?"I've looked at lots of stats (using WebTrends and other packages) for all kinds of websites, and I've yet to find anything useful in the Visitor Path section." | Nov 29, 2001 | ||
| 2: | Referrals - what's a healthy ratio ? What should the ratio be, are there any healthy minimums, for example? | Nov 29, 2001 | ||
| 3: | Real World Referral Numbers The topics seems to keep coming up. Here´s the orginal thread with the search engine referral numbers survey. | Apr 6, 2002 | ||
| 4: | Stat Recognition - Study Those Numbers Baby! "There is a fair bit of number crunching to do for a site, and a whole lot of assumptions when it comes to viewing your webstats." | Apr 8, 2002 | ||
| 5: | Hitbox Starting To Use Exit Windows Tracker site to begin using interstitial advertisments. | June 12, 2002 | ||
| 6: | Referral Strings - the Most Suspect Data on the Net Referral data is often off by large percentages on many sites. Here is a long discussion detailing many of the problems with trying to read tea leaves (erm - referral data). | Nov 22, 2002 | ||
| 7: | Tracking E-A-Friend Email Forwarding "...40% of the people who opened the email passed it on to a friend. How can that be measured?" | Jan 14, 2003 | ||
| 8: | Using Alexa Public Rankings to Calc Traffic Numbers Is there a way to equate the public Alexa internet traffic rankings into actual page views? ..."For a rough estimate- I multiply the reach (per million) of a site by 500- guessing that are 500M internet users." | Jan 28, 2003 | ||
| 9: | Log Analysis on the Desktop "I've a need to analyze extended log files (2 years worth) and would like to do it on my local machine. " | Feb 8, 2003 | ||
| 10: | Favicon and the New Browsers We used to watch for Favicon requests to detect bookmarking. Several new versions of browsers, such as Opera and Mozilla, put that system out of action. | Mar 24, 2003 | ||
| 11: | How to track visitors - an intermediate guide The strengths and limits of different technical approaches to user tracking. | Dec 3, 2003 | ||
| 12: | NetIQ to buy First Place Software NetIQ - owners of WebTrends - have announced intentions to purchase First Place Software - owners of WebPosition SEO Software. | Apr 7, 2004 | ||
| 13: | Three Fresh Worms Hit Windows | Feb 3, 2005 | ||
| 14: | WebTrends in Friendly Take Over - Splits Off New Company "Francisco Partners...today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the WebTrends business unit...of NetIQ Corporation. The transaction is being undertaken with the full participation and support of the WebTrends management team, members of which will be investing in the new business together with Francisco Partners." | Mar 29, 2005 | ||
| 15: | Google Enables FireFox PreFetching "Prefetching may impact your site because the prefetch request will happen whether or not the user clicks on the result, so it may result in additional traffic to your web server." | Mar 31, 2005 | ||
| 16: | Which web Site Stats Package is right for you? We asked webmasterworld members to list the key points of the most common web site stats packages, so that you can at least look at the ones that suit your needs and save a bundle of time. The thread does not try to rank or recommend, but does give a good comparison of functionality and price ranges. | Aug 28, 2005 | ||
| 17: | Which Stats Package is right for you? An overview of the entire field of tracking and logging analysis packages -- what types of website statistics products are out there, and who does each one serve best. | Aug 30, 2005 | ||
| 18: | Protecting Email Addresses From Harvesters "...I am now wondering about the best way to protect email addresses..." | Dec 21, 2005 | ||
| 19: | Unica to Acquire Sane Solutions Makers of NetTracker "The deal consists of $22.8 million in cash, and the remainder in Unica common stock, assumed liabilities and transaction-related costs. Sane Solutions, based in North Kingstown, R.I., had 2005 revenue of approximately $6 million, according to company officials. Its lead product, NetTracker, is features an open-architecture, flexible data collection and reporting, and on-premise as well as hosted deployment models." | Mar 9, 2006 | ||
| 20: | How accurate/reliable is your web analytic tool? | July 3, 2006 | ||
| 21: | ClickTracks Acquired By J. H. Halsey Corp. "J.L. Halsey Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the preparation and filing of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a $20 million common stock rights offering. The purpose of the rights offering is to raise capital to repay a $10 million promissory note issued to fund the recent acquisition of ClickTracks Analytics, a Santa Cruz, California-based provider of web analytics services, and to provide Halsey with additional capital to support its future growth and possible additional acquisitions. " | Aug 21, 2006 | ||
| 22: | Experian Acquires Hitwise "Experian, the global information solutions company, announces that it has acquired Hitwise, a leading Internet marketing intelligence company, which helps clients monitor the performance of their websites and target their online advertising spend more effectively. The purchase price is approximately $240m and will be funded from Experian's existing cash resources." | Apr 19, 2007 | ||
| 23: | Google Releases New Analytics Interface Google says "The new version of Google Analytics is easy enough for a layperson to understand, but also offers the sophistication experienced users need." | May 8, 2007 | ||
| 24: | Google Analytics Has a Reporting Delay Google reports a temporary reporting delay for Analytics accounts. They assure us that no data will be lost, and reporting for most users is current through Saturday July 28. | July 30, 2007 | ||
| 25: | Google Analytics Introduces New Features "Google Analytics has some smart new features, such as outbound link tracking, being introduced over the coming weeks. | Oct 17, 2007 | ||
| 26: | Google's Urchin 6 Software Beta Now Public "It's a 90 day Beta download, and when it comes out of Beta it'll be a commercial product priced at $2,995." | Feb 2, 2008 | ||
| 27: | Google Adds Analytics Data Sharing (beta) | Mar 6, 2008 | ||
| 28: | The Breadcrumbs You Leave: Should You Be Concerned "Consumers have not complained to any great extent about data collection online. But privacy experts say that is because the collection is invisible to them." | Mar 10, 2008 | ||
| 29: | Tracking Web Surfer Clicks Comes Under Greater Scrutiny "So he drafted a bill, now gathering support in Albany, that would make it a crime, punishable by a fine to be determined, for certain Web companies to use personal information about consumers for advertising without their consent." | Mar 20, 2008 | ||
| 30: | YouTube Analytics Tool: YouTube Insight "YouTube Insight, a free tool that enables anyone with a YouTube account to view detailed statistics about the videos that they upload to the site." | Mar 27, 2008 | ||
| 31: | Registry Proposed For "Do Not Track" List "The Consumer Federation of America and the Consumers Union also urged the FTC to bar collection of health information and other sensitive data by companies that do business on the Internet unless a consumer consents." | Apr 16, 2008 | ||
| 32: | Alexa Changes Measurement Methodology "We've been working hard behind the scenes for several months and are excited to announce that our new Alexa Rankings system is available." | Apr 17, 2008 | ||
| 33: | Why Your Server Log Files are Complete Fiction Many online services hide as browsers to gain access to your server. As a side effect, they are added to the visitor count in your analytics - scrapers, spam harvesters, spambots, botnets and all sorts of other illicit activities add to the problem. | July 15, 2008 | ||
| 34: | Web Site Analytics: Bounce Rate. And What it Means "WebmasterWorld Members talk about bounce rates, and discuss what it means if the rate is going up or going down." | Aug 19, 2008 | ||
| 35: | Identifying The Mozilla Browser In Your Logs "The Mozilla Browser comes in many flavours. WebmasterWorld Members discuss the detail in correctly identifying all these differing browsers and UAs. | Nov 12, 2008 | ||
| 36: | Google Analytics: Is That a Bot or Real Visitors "how can I tell if the traffic that is shown on Analytics is real or just traffic caused by bots crawling?" | Jan 14, 2009 | ||
| 37: | Tracking Keyword Ranking Position with Google Analytics "How to implement the keyword ranking position, referring URL in Google Analytics." | May 13, 2009 | ||
| 38: | Adobe to Acquire Omniture "Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and Omniture, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMTR) today announced the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Adobe to acquire Omniture in a transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion..." | Sept 15, 2009 | ||
| 39: | Comscore: Global Search Market Up 46pct In 2009 | Jan 22, 2010 | ||
| 40: | Google Analytics - a return to the "hits" metric "Forget that business about absolute unique visitors, goal completion rate, or even bounce rate. If you want to achieve success, you need to focus on hits." - Google Analytics Blog, 1 April, 2010 | Apr 2, 2010 | ||
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