How To Track How Many Times Links Are Shared On Social Media
With minimal digging, you can uncover all sorts of interesting social media statistics about any link on the Web.
Doing Data Science in the Cloud With ScraperWiki
Data science is the new big thing in technology; highly trendy and highly paid, with data scientists being sought by some of the largest companies in the world.
Get Deeper Search Insights For Your Site With Webmaster Tools Search Queries
Changes to the Search Queries tool in Google Webmasters could change how you do your topic research. Content generation on the web involves creativity and user-focus, and a lot of keyword research.
Google Books Ngram Viewer Spells Change With Wildcards And Inflection Search
Google made two major improvements to their Ngram Viewer analytical tool for a more powerful linguistic search. The Ngram Viewer gets wildcard search and the ability to search for inflections, aided by multiple capitalization styles.
Google Starts Analytics Academy To Teach People About Google Analytics
Google have set up an Analytics Academy, free online courses to teach you all about Google Analytics. They're starting with a three week course you can register for right now.
How To Prove To Your Boss That Your Facebook Page Is Worth It [Weekly Facebook Tips]
In the business world, everything needs to be measured. Bigwigs that have no idea how a system works rely on KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to see if the process is working and if it's worth continuing. Today we'll talk you through the various statistics you can collect on your Facebook Page in order to show your boss that it's worth putting the effort into making it better.
Key Differences Between Google Adwords Tool And The Keyword Planner
The key differences between Google Adwords Keyword Tool and Keyword Planner includes a more organized workflow for researching adwords and keywords, a clearer presentation of data, quick access to some nice historical graphs, and the ability to download historical data in spreadsheet form. In this article, I'll show you each of these new or different features and how you can make use of them in your own keyword or adwords research.
Twitonomy: Your One-Stop-Shop for Twitter Analytics, Backup, and Useful Information
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.
3 Neat Web Services To Visualize & Analyze Your Last.fm Profile
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.
Automate Informative Google Analytics Reports With Custom Reporting
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.
Klout - Networking To Increase Your Online "Influence" Score
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.
3 Open Source Web Analytics Tools If You're Not A Google Analytics Fan
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.
The 3 Best Google Analytics Apps [Android]
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.