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I was recently working on a site that needed to redirect 4907369 domains to one new site. We had to figure out an easy way to track all of the 301 redirects in Google Analytics….
In my never-ending quest for more web data, I have added Quantcast to my arsenal. Quantcast is a mix of traffic rankings and analytics that gives you an additional data point when researching competitor movements…
After I wrote about my frustration with Alexa, they did a major algorithm change that rendered my post less relevant. The rant was about Alexa’s lack of calculating major traffic shifts with a couple of…
I often kept track of my competitors traffic movements using Alexa. When I started my internet marketing career, Alexa was the king of web traffic tracking. Then Compete came along, but I stayed with Alexa…
Launching a new landing page is exciting. You spend weeks working and tweaking a landing page for public launch with hopes it will sell your product or service. After launch you are reviewing Google Analytics…
Microsoft has launched a Webmaster Tools program to match Google’s Webmaster Tools. While it is not as feature heavy as Googles tool, it is a start and better than Yahoo’s Site Explorer. Adding your site…
If you have tried to join the beta for Microsoft’s new Gatineau Analytics Tool without any luck, I have good news. The new beta round is starting, the only catch is you have to be…
As of Saturday the 29th of September, Google Analytics has only been counting roughly 15% of my PPC (adwords) traffic. At the same time my direct traffic has doubled. I’m not positive that GA is…
As new screen shots of Microsofts up coming analytics software named Gatineau are being released, we are still anxiously awaiting an invite to the beta. Reports from around the blogosphere are the beta should launch…