February 29, 2008
I found an interesting reference to a new Google Mashup called “Who is Sick” – and the Analytics of “Who is Sick“. I wouldn’t be surprised if “Who is Sick” is in some way related to Google Health being rolled out in a very limited way – I don’t know if there is a [...]
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February 28, 2008
While label social networking, Wiki Style, took a step forward with MediaWiki’s SocialProfile extension – a good write up of SocialProfile was done at Read/WriteWeb in a post titled Wikia Open Sources Social Networking – Focused Networking Now Open to All
“… The ability to set up an Open Source social network is now available to [...]
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Got a tip on a hot paper on Mobile Analytics and SEO which sounds intriguing. Dean Collins who works for Amethon (and is on the Social Media Committee of the WAA).
There’s a lot of developments in Mobile Analytics and if Eric Peterson is right, and mobile is Web 3.0.
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Been waiting for Google Sites to launch for at least 6 months and I think it could revolutionize how people work together. I used Jing to create a movie (but don’t swear at the sound level – I made it too low and the movie is just of me signing up – not doing [...]
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February 27, 2008
I’ve been using Going.com for a couple months since they came out with their recommendations engine update but lately I’ve found Going to be more frustrating for what it attempts to deliver, but doesn’t. In addition, many of the events turn out to be paid parties that are advertised using Social Networks (I suppose [...]
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In SocialMediaToday I noticed a post on B2B Marketing Budgets 2008 – How Will Online and Social Media Fare?
Most of the spend in social media hasn’t been adjusted downward even though the economy is going downhill fast.
In addition – you need metrics – and I don’t know too many places that have Buzz Logic or [...]
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February 26, 2008
We haven’t had a recession since Google became the God of the Internet – a God that was supposed to be immune to the economic slowdowns that plauge most businesses – but not all.
But it turns out that Google is being slowed down, just as the rest of the economy is slowing down (hopefully not [...]
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I really had to hold myself back in a post on Webmetricsguru titled Unica don’t.
I wrote a lot more but got rid of almost all of it – I don’t want to create a scene.
But something needs to be said – just not sure now is the right time to say it or that I’m [...]
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Interesting bit of news here which I picked up from the Yahoo Web Analytics message board that WebTrends getting aggressive to switch HBX customers and the original story is from a press release on the WebTrends site titled: WebTrends Offers Current HBX Customers Migration Opportunity To Buy One Year of Analytics and Get One [...]
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Are Widget Grabs the most popular metric in Widget Analytics? widgetgirl thinks so -
“..This is a core metric to understanding widget effectiveness – the number of times a widget is viewed and grabbed (grab rate – ooh, there’s another good one), and how well you are converting visitors who just view the widget [...]
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