Web Analytics vendors battle for social media measurement

This post was made Mar 08, 2010 by Jeff Noethen


Last week, Coremetrics, Omniture and WebTrends announced features that allow their respective users to measure certain aspects of Facebook.  My review of these announcements, so far, indicates a parallel product from these companies. Omniture announced a partnership with Facebook that will allow customers to refine their Facebook ad campaigns. Utilizing their Search Tool "Search Center Plus", Omniture customers will be able to compare Facebook ad campaign metrics alongside other media ...

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Why Web Analytics is a satisfying job

This post was made Feb 26, 2010 by Jeff Noethen


Whether your background is in statistics and data crunching or whether you come from the usability / design world, if you are a web analyst your main goal is to help influence a positive experience for the customer.  Regardless of if your site is an ecommerce site, a non-profit site, a lead generation site, or just a blog site, if your customer has a good experience there is a much better chance that your customer ...

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Web Analytics In One Minute

This post was made Feb 25, 2010 by Carlos del Rio


Jeff and I are taking on a new challenge. Answering questions about web analytics in videos--very short videos. A couple weeks ago we each showed up at a Hops and Chops in Seattle with some questions in our pockets. Each of us had 1-minute to answer each of the questions. The resulting channel: Web Analytics in a Minute. If Carlos Only Had One Web Metric...

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Metrics For Tracking Social Media Engagement

This post was made Feb 23, 2010 by Carlos del Rio


credit: luc legay Social media is supposed to be a conversation. How do you make a conversation tangible with standard measurements? We would liken it to the term “engagement,” which defines how deep a visitor was on a site regardless of purchase. Typically engagement is measured ...

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Free Web Analytics tools

This post was made Feb 16, 2010 by Jeff Noethen


There are many tools you can use for analysis that you don’t have to buy that will help you become a better analyst.  I don't necessarily mean data compilers (other than your head), but rather just using your skills and the skills of some of your peers to help improve your analysis and insight to your company. For usability review [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="220" caption="Image credit: http://www.simpleusability.com/services/usability/testing "] [/caption] If part of ...

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