Comments on: Web Metrics 101 - What DO all these Terms Mean? http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:07:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: yhyif » Blog Archive » Link Tips: 20 April 2008 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-331221 yhyif » Blog Archive » Link Tips: 20 April 2008 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:33:02 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-331221 [...] Web Metrics 101: Even wondered about the meaning of hits, visits, unique visitors, bounce rate and similar? Check out this post then. [...] [...] Web Metrics 101: Even wondered about the meaning of hits, visits, unique visitors, bounce rate and similar? Check out this post then. [...]

]]> By: Guillermo http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-274162 Guillermo Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:50:48 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-274162 What a great post I've been for something like this for weeks, so I'm glad DailyBlogTips linked to you! Count a new suscriber with me! What a great post I’ve been for something like this for weeks, so I’m glad DailyBlogTips linked to you! Count a new suscriber with me!

]]> By: Michael http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-272412 Michael Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:20:55 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-272412 Bounce rate is probably the one that I pay attention to a lot, although I still focus a lot on pageviews. Bounce rate is probably the one that I pay attention to a lot, although I still focus a lot on pageviews.

]]> By: rich page http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-267641 rich page Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:12:07 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-267641 Glad you all liked this post! In terms of conversion rates, I am talking about the percentage of people that are 'converting' on your website - this could be in the form of a newsletter signup, or product sold, or whatever else your are trying to get your visitors to do. Glad you all liked this post! In terms of conversion rates, I am talking about the percentage of people that are ‘converting’ on your website - this could be in the form of a newsletter signup, or product sold, or whatever else your are trying to get your visitors to do.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-266094 Ryan Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:05:03 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-266094 Thanks for this list. I've had online conversations with dozens of people on why getting "10,000 hits" really isn't a big deal if they don't know how many visitors that was. One comment for you about Browsers though. While I don't worry too much about FF vs. IE, I do like to keep track of how many visitors are coming in using mobile browsers. If that percentage gets high enough it means I need to work out a way of serving pages that look ok on mobile devices. And one for number 19 - Robots. It's good to keep track of how many crawlers are hitting your site and what percentage of your visitors are robots. Thanks for this list. I’ve had online conversations with dozens of people on why getting “10,000 hits” really isn’t a big deal if they don’t know how many visitors that was.

One comment for you about Browsers though. While I don’t worry too much about FF vs. IE, I do like to keep track of how many visitors are coming in using mobile browsers. If that percentage gets high enough it means I need to work out a way of serving pages that look ok on mobile devices.

And one for number 19 - Robots. It’s good to keep track of how many crawlers are hitting your site and what percentage of your visitors are robots.

]]> By: Link Tips: 20 April 2008 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-265717 Link Tips: 20 April 2008 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:00:58 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-265717 [...] Web Metrics 101: Even wondered about the meaning of hits, visits, unique visitors, bounce rate and similar? Check out this post then. [...] [...] Web Metrics 101: Even wondered about the meaning of hits, visits, unique visitors, bounce rate and similar? Check out this post then. [...]

]]> By: Web Success Diva http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-265001 Web Success Diva Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:11:21 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-265001 Super, duper post and a definite read for my audience, I'm passing this along. You've covered and revealed some really good treasure here, that most "gurus" won't uncover! Thank You! Maria Reyes-McDavis Super, duper post and a definite read for my audience, I’m passing this along.
You’ve covered and revealed some really good treasure here, that most “gurus” won’t uncover!

Thank You!
Maria Reyes-McDavis

]]> By: Davinder http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-264793 Davinder Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:03:25 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-264793 Yeah... good learning to make use of this stuff in near future :) Yeah… good learning to make use of this stuff in near future :)

]]> By: Mackenzie http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-264782 Mackenzie Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:47:14 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-264782 #18 Conversion Rates ...conversion to *what*? I'm confused. And browser stats can be useful from a design POV. I know my site is mostly visited by Linux users with Gecko-based browsers, so I know I can use -moz-border-radius: on my CSS to get round corners (yes, I use the standard border-radius as well for KHTML-based browsers like Konqueror, Safari, etc.). IE users can't see them, but meh, I don't care about users of proprietary operating systems and browsers. #18 Conversion Rates …conversion to *what*? I’m confused.

And browser stats can be useful from a design POV. I know my site is mostly visited by Linux users with Gecko-based browsers, so I know I can use -moz-border-radius: on my CSS to get round corners (yes, I use the standard border-radius as well for KHTML-based browsers like Konqueror, Safari, etc.). IE users can’t see them, but meh, I don’t care about users of proprietary operating systems and browsers.

]]> By: Abhijeet from Jeet Blog http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-264592 Abhijeet from Jeet Blog Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:59:53 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-metrics-101-what-do-all-these-terms-mean/#comment-264592 The way you have highlighted the important metrics is quite nice. I certainly gained something out of this post. The way you have highlighted the important metrics is quite nice. I certainly gained something out of this post.

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