Forgive me for the continued alliterative titles. So I have a bunch of things I’d like to write about at the moment but not much overlap. I’ve had Tableau recommended as a tool to use for data visualization, Avinash posted on trying out other web analytics tools on your own blog, and I just want [...]
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URLs in Google Analytics, Page Tagging Update, and Wow, its hot
Ok yes I am being a baby because I’m not used to the weather, but its really hot for once in Seattle, so I feel uber lethargic. I think I’m typing at about 40 wpm, that’s how lethargic I am. Pyramid beer probably did not help. Below is a picture of the weird clouds hanging [...]
What do I do with this long tail?
I was minding my own business, looking at some data in Google Analytics, and then I realized that one data set pretty much was a perfect example of the long tail. A) I was excited that I even recognized it when looking at a table, and b) I didn’t know what it really meant, but [...]
75 Web Analytics Resources…or how my brain got way too crowded
So if you were ever wondering how to tell what people are doing on your site, how they’re getting there, or where they are going instead…Avinash Kaushik tweeted this ginormous (but valuable) list of 75 resources that are mostly free: http://designm.ag/resources/website-analytics-toolbox/. I’m still in the process of checking some of them out. There are a [...]
Happy Father’s Day
I think its only appropriate that in honor of my father, an accountant, that I spent the day BBQ-ing and playing with Excel. Apparently in web analytics, reporting tools gather the data, but you manipulate or “do cool stuff” with it in Excel. So I now know way more than I ever thought I needed [...]
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