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Filament|Beyond the Pageview: Measure website engagement (Theory) There’s a variety of definitions of website engagement out there – hey, I’ve even shared my own in a previous post – but on one thing, they all agree: engagement is tricky to measure. So I decided to tackle this thorny topic, and see if I can’t shed some light on how to understand and track your website’s engagement yourself.

In Part 1 of this mini-series, I’ll deal with the theory – we’ll get familiar with the basic elements that make up engagement. In Part 2, we’re going to get into the practical side of measuring engagement, starting with a free Engagement Tracking report template, and then sharing a selection of tools for measuring these elements that I’ve found particularly useful in the past.

Don’t worry, this’ll be easy Sound straightforward? Then, let’s forge ahead with some theory! (Oh, and if you don’t want to miss Part 2, make sure you subscribe, so I can give you a heads-up when it’s published). The Theory: Engagement Touchpoints Case closed, the end. “Say whaaat?” Pageviews Shares. Analytics | Official Website. Master List (A Wiki of Social Media Monitoring Solutions) Solutions de tracking. Social media metrics that matter. A recent SmartBrief on Social Media poll asked the question: What is the most important metric to track in social media? The results found that "virality" and "sentiment" predominated, not ROI. Virality (the reach of your brand and how much your message is spread), 35%Sentiment (positive, negative or indifferent consumer reaction), 32% Financials (the effect social media has on your bottom line), 20%Volume (number of comments, blog posts, tweets, links, etc. about your brand), 11%Other, 2% There's a lot of talk these days about measuring social media.

(I'm reading an article right now on tracking your Twitter ROI) I've even suggested that the "warm and fuzzy, touchy-feely" days of social media are over. The CEO wants to know the ROI of SMM! Having said that, I still believe there are some things that aren't subject to statistical scrutiny. One of favorite songs from years past, Matters of the Heart, comes from singer/songwriter Bob Bennett. Products: Google Browser. Use this free Java application to explore the connections between related websites. Try it now! Enter keywords or a URL, and click 'Graph it! ' See Getting Started below for more details. Getting Started Make sure you have the latest version of java, at least Java 1.5 Type in your search keywords or a URL, and press "Graph It! " Say "Run" when asked "Do you want to trust the signed applet?

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Except that it will show stats such as how many times their business comes up as a search result, how often people click through, as well as how many times people generate driving directions to their business son Google Maps and where those people come from. In return, all they need to do is claim and verify their listings at the Google Local Businesss Center. It takes about as much time as setting up a new email account, maybe a little more. The other benefit to Google is that the more that small businesses can measure the impact of search, the more likely they will be to buy search ads.

55 Best Ways To Track Your Website Daily Traffic | Showcases. Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data for purposes of understanding and optimizing web usage. Historically, web analytics has referred to on-site visitor measurement. However in recent years this has blurred, mainly because vendors are producing tools that span both categories. It’s not a easy job to find a best, or i must say the perfect analytic tool for your website. However, there are quite a few resources around the web. Still, it’s quite a complex task to identify which one is the best. In this Article Below, you’ll find some of the Best Ways to Track Your Website Daily Traffic with some web based and stand alone downloadable tools.

You may be interested in the following related articles as well. Feel free to join us and you are always welcome to share your thoughts that our readers may find helpful. Don’t forget to and follow us on Twitter — for recent updates. Best Ways To Track Your Website Daily Traffic 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. Yahoo! 06. Published Research | Web Analytics Demystified | Audience Measur.

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If you're not happy with our work for any reason we will keep working until you are. If you're frustrated with the support you've been getting from your analytics consulting firm ... if you're tired of dealing with a "revolving door" of analysts ... if your vendor has been sold or is in danger of going out of business ... or if you're just tired of paying too much for the same old crappy results, call us. Contact us today to learn about our consulting services! Strategic Audit and Transformation Roadmap Areas we typically explore during these sessions include: SiteCatalyst Audit and Transformation Roadmap Adam will help you understand: 7 tools to monitor your competitors’ traffic. TweetTweet “Heavy Traffic” by Masakazu “Matto” Matsumoto on Flickr Just how accurate are Alexa, Compete, Quantcast & the others? This is part of our ongoing series on website optimization and traffic analysis. Guest post by Sam CrockerSEOmoz Today we’re going to examine a number of tools and resources for getting insights into competitors’ traffic data.

We’ll assess their strengths and weaknesses as well as the validity and usefulness of the data provided. We’ve had clients asking us for a better view of overall market size and what kind of traffic their competitors are getting, since it can be tricky to find meaningful predictive data even when you know who your competitors are or should be. It is worth pointing out that a number of these services suggest they can provide better data if you claim the sites by entering your ownership credentials. We tested 25 sites for which we had reliable internal data, giving us insight into just how accurate these tools really are — or aren’t. Cost: Free. How to measure visitor engagement, redux | Web Analytics Demysti. Back in December of last year when I first posted on measuring visitor engagement, I hardly imagined how much interest the topic would generate.

Shortly after the first post, I commented that my definition of engagement was as follows: Engagement is an estimate of the degree and depth of visitor interaction on the site against a clearly defined set of goals. I then went and wrote over a dozen posts, publishing feedback from some incredibly bright people and demonstrating the utility of a well-defined measure for engagement. Since that time, however, some have questioned the value of such a metric and thusly prompted me to update and publish the following calculation for visitor engagement: I presented this calculation to a completely full room last week at Emetrics but wanted to provide an update to all my patient readers who were not able to make the event.

I believe this metric is exactly that. The Web Analytics Demystified Visitor Engagement Calculation What do you think? 10 Ways How To Track Site Traffic, Popularity, Statistics. I know from myself people are obsessed with traffic, statistics, looking at other sites – tracking their stats and so on. And if there is enough demand, of course there are sites to satisfy You. I wanted to put those sites and tools in one list together, because at least for me this field was really unclear – I didn’t know what means Google Pagerank, Alexa, Compete, Technorati rankings and I could continue so on. I must say not always these stats are precise, but however they give at least overview, how popular the certain page is, how many visitors that sites gets – and if You compare those stats with Your site statistics, You can get pretty precise results then. I also use several FireFox add-ons, so I don’t have to type and go to statistic related webpage to get the results, results actually came to me in this way, allowing me comfortably browse, explore and compare sites I visit.

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What are cookies used for? Cookies can be used for a variety of reasons: - to help remember your preferences on a site (whether you read the oldest or newest comments first; the volume on the video player) How do I control cookies? Useful links: Analytics Toolbox: 50+ Ways to Track Website Traffic. From analyzing your RSS feed to counting page views to visual representations of where your visitors are clicking, there is no shortage of companies looking to help you better understand your web site’s traffic.

In our latest “toolbox” installment, we analyze (pun intended) the wide variety of applications and tools available for keeping tabs on how your sites, feeds, blogs, emails, or even your intranet is performing. As with our other toolbox articles, we encourage you to add other applicable links in the comments area. Web Traffic Visualization Visualization tools use a variety of methods to show you where users are clicking on the individual pages of your Web site to help you make design adjustments that emphasize the right links and content. ClickTracks - Enterprise analytics software, shows visitor navigation directly on your site’s pages.

Crazy Egg - Provides visual “Heat Maps” to show where your visitors are clicking. Blog and RSS Feed Analysis Market Research Data and Site Rankings.