Bing Launches Web Analytics Tool, "Clarity"

[engine]

Bing has launched a web analytics tool called "Clarity which is devised to provide webmasters with the ability to visualise user behaviour at scale so that data driven decisions can be taken to improve, optimise conversion, visitor engagement and retention.

It'll also help detect malware.

Note "Clarity is compatible with the most common two and three letter top level domains (such as .com, .edu, .au, .uk, etc); we currently working on increasing the compatibility to other general top level domains. Please check back soon if you are looking to use Clarity for a GTLD.**"



To use Clarity Developers should sign up here https://www.clarity.ms/

Bing Launches Web Analytics Tool, "Clarity"

[Lagonda]

You will not use the Offering for any product, service, or website operating in the European Union or which targets users in the European Union.

engine, you'll be waiting until March 2019 to use it... :D

[RedBar]

Oh wonderful, more confusional BS supposed marketing ... Who got paid to promote this loada garbage?

Now I know why I NEED to retire:-)

[tangor]

Now I know why I NEED to retire:-)

You already know why, but if you do, you'll miss out on all the fun!

[engine]

You can ignore it if you wish, but, if it helps, i'm all for it.

Let's have a review once it's been tried.

[graeme_p]

You will not use the Offering for any product, service, or website operating in the European Union or which targets users in the European Union.

I wonder how many services are adding that to their terms?

engine, you'll be waiting until March 2019 to use it... :D

I know its a joke, but EU laws like GDPR will be initially retained in full. I wonder whether we should be thinking about campaigning to have laws which are problematic for us. A GDPR exemption for small business for example?

[mcneely]

... understand their pain points? Really?

If that's the intended purpose of this new toy from Microsoft, then it should help to reduce or totally eliminate things like *play onload and modals forever.

... and as far as mobile use is concerned, a great deal of the apps floating around out there are *malware, so we should see a reduction in apps over a period of time.

I think that at the end of the day, publishers aren't going to care if Clarity calls them out on their inexperience or not. They're just going to keep doing whatever it is they do, end user experience be damned.

[Lagonda]

I use Hotjar and I LOVE the screen recorder function.
It always helps me find problems in a page.
If you haven't tried it, you don't know what you're missing.

If this function could scale, without me having to watch all recordings, it would be awesome.
I'm in the EU, applied nevertheless, doubt they'll approve it but, hey, if they do, I'll try it.

[Sally Stitts]

"beta product"

"once we start instrumenting your site" - Do I really want to INSTRUMENT my site?

"By adding some simple JavaScript to your page, get the ability to replay page views, view sessions and observe interactions.
"Page" above should read "HUNDREDS OF PAGES" - Hello?

No more bleeding betas for me.
"Show me the money" - Which I see as "Show me the GREAT REVIEWS.", before I give it HOURS of my time. I think we'll be waiting awhile.
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[Edge]

Signed up ten days ago - still "pending approval".

[Mark_A]

It sounds interesting.

Wouldn't mind a play with it.

Am EU though so I suppose I may have to wait.

[Demaestro]

The day this thread was created I went in and added a project for the largest site I manage... just to see what it had.

As of writing this post... "Pending Approval" is still the status, and has been since I applied.

Has anyone had a project approved? How long did it take? Why are they offering the service if it takes more than 4 weeks to approve a project?

[Edge]

Just looked, I'm still "Pending Approval".. Been almost two months..

[tangor]

Could this be only an email scarfing sham?

Or, more likely, vaporware on the web?

[Demaestro]

3 Months later...... still pending approval.

I went in to see if I could email them or something.... there is nothing. The only thing clear about Clarity is that they are not ready and are not serious about this product offering.

EDIT:
I found this email address
clarityms at microsoft.com

Sent them an email saying it has been over 3 months and asked if they were serious about this product offering or not.

[edited by: engine at 8:51 am (utc) on Mar 26, 2019]
[edit reason] obfuscated email [/edit]