March 15, 2013
Pinterest has introduces Web analytics, helping website owners get a better idea of what content is being pinned from their site. The newly introduced feature could help you answer the simplest question – “how is Pinterest affecting my website?”. Aside from knowing ?which? content is being pinned, website owners will be able to find out how these pins are doing on Pinterest, and how users are interacting with them once they've been pinned.
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February 15, 2013
As MakeUseOf’s Twitter manager, and a somewhat active user on Twitter myself, I’m always on the lookout for good Twitter tools. These include great clients, insightful analytics tools, interesting Web apps, and cool Twitter mashups. But so far, my Twitter finds were pretty segmented. It’s either a client, a tracking tool, a backup tool, or something else. That is, until I found Twitonomy.
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January 25, 2013
With over 215,000 plays starting since 2008, I've always been a firm believer in Last.fm. If you're into getting social on the Internet, it's so much easier to link a friend to your Last.fm profile versus going on and on about your musical preferences. Last.fm allows your tastes to be an open book to anyone who might be curious, and I like that. Over the past few years, Last.fm has solidified itself as the best music scrobbling platform online.
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June 30, 2012
App developers wondering how people use their apps now have access to a toolset similar to that which Google offers to web developers. The new tool, which is simply named Mobile App Analytics, is now in beta.
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June 1, 2012
Have you ever filled a survey on Grooveshark while listening to music? These surveys are now put into use with a new Grooveshark service – Beluga. Beluga takes information provided by Grooveshark’s market research, or surveys, and turns it into in-depth music analytics about almost any artist you can think of.
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May 25, 2012
It makes sense to analyze our emailing habits and try to learn something from them, and indeed, a number of Gmail analysis tools have recently popped up. We’ve seen Google’s Activity Report tool that offers Gmail stats, and today I’m here to show you Gmail Meter, a free and clever Google Apps script that goes over your inbox and emails you with an interesting report.
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April 18, 2012
One thing that I've always wanted to get working better with Google Analytics is an automated reporting feature that provides the information that I want and in the format that is easy for whoever needs to see the data, to understand what it means. Recently, Google has made a few changes to Analytics custom reporting that has made it much easier to work with.
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February 17, 2012
I love statistics and analytics. No, I don’t mean statistical analyses and finding what the mean and standard deviation of things are, I mean seeing statistics and analytics of things I actually use, such as websites and social networks. In the social network department, the most interesting one is definitely Twitter. Believe it or not, I’m fairly new on Twitter, and using it seems like a constant process of learning from what has already been done.
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January 26, 2012
I wasn't a fan of Klout when I first heard about it. Even after I signed up and actively started to delve through what Klout is and does, I was underwhelmed. Actually, I'd go as far as to say I hated Klout and all it stood for. And hate is a very strong word that I use sparingly in my life. However, months later, I find myself drawn in to using (or at least checking) Klout on a regular basis.
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November 22, 2011
Following their other products, Google is officially rolling out the new Google Analytics, complete with a whole new look and some interesting new features. This change has been happening over the past few weeks, and some of you may have already seen the change beginning to happen in your Analytics. Over the next few weeks, Google will gradually make the new look the default to all users.
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September 17, 2011
If you operate your own website, analytic software can be crucial in order to track exactly how well your site is doing. Without this software, you can do whatever you want with your site, but you will never know if it is getting more visitors, aside from the amount of comments. When you look at the possible options you have for analytic software, the most popular choice is Google Analytics.
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September 8, 2011
If you’re running a blog, Google Analytics may be the best single tool in your arsenal of traffic-generating weapons. Available for free, and capable of providing excellent data, Analytics is a must-have. The basic site isn’t well optimized for mobile devices however, which can be frustrating for webmasters who want to keep tabs on sites without dragging around a laptop.
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March 10, 2011
The number of visitors that a website receives is an important statistic for many. Google Analytics, the widely-used website analytics platform, and alternatives like Webalizer or AWStats are great for long-term stats, but what if you want to see how many visitors are on your website right now? Real-time visitor tracking tools have been popping [...]
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September 28, 2010
Ever since social networks became so widely adopted by such a large majority of the world, I’ve always wondered what Twitter networks look like. The power of social networking analysis can not be understated. You can see how far your own influence stretches out, you can measure the scope of influence of some of the [...]
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April 29, 2010
Are you running a WordPress blog? One very important aspect of the blogger’s job is to keep track of his web traffic. It is good to know how many visitors you have and whether that number is climbing or tanking. It’s also good to know as much as you can about your visitors. Where did they [...]
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