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Social Web Analytics eBook
Philip Sheldrake has written and released a free eBook on Social media monitoring.
Sheldrake does an excellent job of putting the impact of social media into prespective while supplying the reader with resources to review on their own. More businesses need to take note of social media and the affects it is having on marketing and [...]
Why you should check your site analytics daily
Site analytics are not just for Web developers, advertising execs or managers. No, they are especially important for content producers. I’ve heard many people say that they never check site analytics of they only check them a monthly basis. You should check daily. The purists will tell you that monitoring site analytics will cause you to produce shallow content that is link bait. That somehow all you’ll start creating is Britney Spears stories. Those people don’t get it. Don’t listen to the
Twitter Rocks the Early Vote; Who Can Catch Them? (OWAs)
This article is part of the Open Web Awards, an open, international contest for the best websites and services. Since kicking off the voting round of the Open Web Awards yesterday, we’ve seen nearly 10,000 votes cast across 26 different categories. In the Mainstream Social Networks category, Twitter has the early lead, but has some tough competition from last year’s winners, Facebook and Netlog. With voting open until November 30th, perhaps one of these contenders can make a run for the award:
How Are You Doing On Your Blog? Tools To Let You Know
Image via Wikipedia Is your blog a business or a hobby? If it’s intended to be a business then, aside from the inspiration, discipline and writing skills required for good content….the key driver of any blog…your blog, “under the hood”, will be about numbers. Business is about numbers and every business has a key set of numbers which tells a good manager how the business is doing. You should have a means to track them. As mentioned before, my website has been on the Net since 1996 and I tr
Video Analytics Essentials in a Web 2.0 World
As investment in video-based content and advertising grows, measurement of that video content requires better measurement distinctions than what traditional web ‘page view’ analytics programs can provide. We recently interviewed Eric Peterson of Web Analytics Demystified about his white paper, Measuring Multimedia Content in a Web 2.0 World – to talk about his proposed guidelines for websites to effectively track their investment in video-based content. The problem today – most web analyti
Do Numbers Have Enough Value?
The following is a guest post by Rachel Reuben, Director of Web Communication & Strategic Projects at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She was a guest blogger in August when she published her research paper on “The Use of Social Media in Higher Education for Marketing and Communications: A Guide for Professionals in Higher Education” on this site, and was a live blogger for .eduGuru during Stamats ‘08. You can connect with her through Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. This is th
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Complaints Choirs of the World : Home Started in Birmingham the choir sings customer complaints at councils (tags: localauthority choir customerservice complaints) The disturbing inaccuracy behind Google Analytics - iMediaConnection.com "It is critical to know how any web metrics package calculates its numbers, even Google. You cannot assume, no matter how big the company, that the numbers will be correct." (via Whatleydude) (tags: analytics measurement statistics internet google research ma
Interview with Francis Onwumere, freelance web developer
It’s a great opportunity to be here as a guest blogger. My name is Mutiu Okediran and I had this interview (via email) with Francis Onwumere. He is a freelance web developer. Enjoy the interview… Francis said no matter the difficulty you are facing as a startup Start by having a plan. At least start and don’t let the difficulties woo you SN: Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests? Francis: I’m a 25 year old freelance web developer and have been doing this profession
Congratulations, Barack - Now fix your websites
Congratulations, Barack - Now fix your websites President elect Barack Obama's embrace of online video and social networking may have propelled him to victory, but unless he's careful, his administration could be brought down by the same sloppy security problems that have plagued MySpace, Facebook, and dozens of other Web 2.0 properties. A cursory look at Change.gov and MyBarackObama reveal enough amateur mistakes to make even the most ardent supporters wonder just who in the heck is in charg
Workshops Offered by Direct Marketing Association and TopRank Online Marketing
Workshops Offered by Direct Marketing Association and TopRank Online Marketing November 20th, 2008 TopRank Online Marketing and the Direct Marketing Association have just announced a partnership to develop and deliver a series of educational workshops on social media marketing entitled, “Social Media Smarts: Introduction to the Social Web, Tools and Tactics.” With marketers facing tighter budgets in the coming months, social media marketing offers new opportunities for companies to engage c
Web Hosting Solutions for 2009, Developed by HostNine (- InftekHosting.Com - Hosted Kerio Email)
Jupiter, Florida - (The Hosting News) - November 19, 2008 - Web hosting provider, HostNine, has pre-launched a new website focused on enhanced customer support, with simplified service level agreements, for its global hosting offering. HostNine completes a series of updates internally, as part of its global web hosting mandate. HostNine’s new vision for hosting includes standardized hardware, hosting packages, geographical diverse locations, and easy to read service level agreements. Cli
Judge moves to kill PsyStar’s countersuit (- InftekHosting.Com - Hosted Kerio Email)
Judge moves to kill PsyStar’s countersuit Upstart Florida-based Mac clone maker has until Dec 8 to amend their claim, but the wording of the preliminary ruling from the bench indicates their chances are looking slim nevertheless. In fact, the words “road kill” come to mind. AppleInsider reports that Judge William Alsup has rejected the basis for Psystar’s counter suit [...] Web Hosting Solutions for 2009, Developed by HostNine Jupiter, Florida - (The Hosting News) - November 19, 2008 -
Rackspace Web Hosting Cloud Solution, Powers Pangea Foundation (- InftekHosting.Com - Hosted Kerio Email)
San Antonio, Texas - (The Hosting News) - November 19, 2008 - Managed web hosting and IT services firm, Rackspace Managed Hosting’s cloud division, Mosso, has been chosen to power non-profit SaaS provider delivering enterprise-class software solutions, Pangea Foundation. Pangea will leverage the Cloud Sites to provide hosted services to a growing number of its 1,500 non-profit customers. Pangea has been a Rackspace managed hosting customer since early 2007, and also utilizes hosted Exchange
iPhone becomes Wii-like controller (- InftekHosting.Com - Hosted Kerio Email)
The company behind many popular Facebook-based games has found a creative way to harness the iPhone’s accelerometer. ‘iFun’ will allow users to play computer games using either the iPhone or the iPod touch as a handheld controller in the style of the Nintendo Wii. The accelerometer [...] Read the original post here: San Antonio, Texas - (The Hosting News) - November 19, 2008 - Managed web hosting and IT services firm, Rackspace Managed Hosting’s cloud division, Mosso, has been chosen to p
Workshops Offered by Direct Marketing Association and TopRank Online Marketing
TopRank Online Marketing and the Direct Marketing Association have just announced a partnership to develop and deliver a series of educational workshops on social media marketing entitled, "Social Media Smarts: Introduction to the Social Web, Tools and Tactics." With marketers facing tighter budgets in the coming months, social media marketing offers new opportunities for companies to engage customers, improve brand awareness and increase sales with budgets that are more recession friendly tha
Hands On Social Media for Direct Marketers
TopRank Online Marketing is pleased to announce a parternship with The Direct Marketing Association to develop and present a series of 2 day workshops on social media marketing for direct marketers. On December 4th in New York the new course entitled: “Social Media Smarts: An Introduction to the Social Web, Tools and Strategies” will introduce participants to the marketing and communications channel opportunities of social media through practical demonstration of social media tools, case stud
How to cut your business expenses in the long run
Some time along your journey as a blogger or Internet marketer, we will be tempted to use “the cheaper alternative” - whether it is for web hosting, for autoresponder services, analytics services, ad servers etc. Don’t. I know you know this, but are you doing it? Cheaper alternatives cause irreparable damage in the long run. From my own experience, it ALWAYS pays to get a professional to do the job. Do your due dilligence and do your research. Professionals charge a professional price, and
2nd Annual Open Web Awards: VOTE NOW!
Mashable is proud to announce that voting has begun in the 2nd Annual Open Web Awards, a unique opportunity for the most accomplished websites and services to receive international recognition for their achievements. During the nominations round, we received over 43,000 verified nominations. We narrowed down this huge pool to the 10 most-nominated sites and services in each category (where 10th place was a draw, we allowed more than 10 nominees in that category). VOTE NOW: One Vote Per Cat
An Open Letter to President-Elect Obama
Dear President-Elect Obama, I wanted to congratulate you on your victory in the recent election and let you know how proud I am to have witnessed the history you, your family, and your political machine have brought to America. You ran a Presidential campaign the likes this country has never seen, and I sincerely hope that the honesty, humility, and integrity you showed will set the standard for all campaigns to follow. When CNN called the election for you I was putting my five year old to b
SEO Tools & Tips
In my day to day SEO for my clients and for myself, I’ve come across a number of tools of the trade, some really good, some, well, not so good. Here are a few items in my geek toobox that I use daily and highly recommend. 1. Keyword Tool - I have tried them all and this is the one I always go back to for my keyword research. Not only does it give you variations on the keyword phrase you are searching for, but also provides the WordTracker count and daily estimated searches on Google, Yahoo and
2nd Annual Open Web Awards: VOTE NOW!
Mashable is proud to announce that voting has begun in the 2nd Annual Open Web Awards, a unique opportunity for the most accomplished websites and services to receive international recognition for their achievements. During the nominations round, we received over 43,000 verified nominations. We narrowed down this huge pool to the 10 most-nominated sites and services in each category (where 10th place was a draw, we allowed more than 10 nominees in that category). VOTE NOW: One Vote Per Cat
