Comments on: Top Ranked Web Analytics Blogs: July 2006 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:59:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Web Analytics Journey Index (WAJ) « WebAnalytics.be Blog http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-5708 Web Analytics Journey Index (WAJ) « WebAnalytics.be Blog Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:01:55 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-5708 [...] Be curious, discuss & share knowledge: Remember that Web Analytics takes time, as we like to say (and Eric & Xavier also): There’s no silver bullet!It’s important, once you get attention at the start, to increase the internal knowledge in order to get to more complex issues afterwards and deliver the real results. If you’re not curious you won’t get this stage done and you will never get any near to what Jim called Enlightenment in the London’s eMetrics Summit. Web Analytics from our perspective can only be achieved by clever and curious people!Regarding the knowledge, you need to read books (as Eric’s), Web Analytics Blogs and White Papers, but most of all DISCUSS & SHARE on a continuous basis! * Discuss with your business colleagues. Understand what their objectives are and if you are a smart guy, you will discover how you can best help them; * Discuss with your IT colleagues. Without them you will get nowhere. Remember Jim’s presentation with Dilbert or Robin’s presentation, if you attended eMetrics 2006 in Washington; * Discuss with your Web Analytics provider. Whether they are Vendors or a Web Analytics Agency treat them as partners, not providers. You need them on your side! Pick their brains as the product is just 10% (Avinash’s rule 90/10). For example, at OX2 we allow our clients to pay us a dinner from time to time to discuss about their Web Analytics. I must admit that around a nice table, with a good bottle of wine, together with the client, we brainstorm towards very interesting new fields of action; * Discuss with the Web Analytics community: you have plenty of opportunities as the Yahoo Group, the many Blogs out there, get a membership of the Web Analytics Association and of course attend the eMetrics Summit near you! * And don’t forget to share all that you have learned with all the people I mentioned in this list! We live in the 2.0 world in which sharing is the common denominator [...] [...] Be curious, discuss & share knowledge: Remember that Web Analytics takes time, as we like to say (and Eric & Xavier also): There’s no silver bullet!It’s important, once you get attention at the start, to increase the internal knowledge in order to get to more complex issues afterwards and deliver the real results. If you’re not curious you won’t get this stage done and you will never get any near to what Jim called Enlightenment in the London’s eMetrics Summit. Web Analytics from our perspective can only be achieved by clever and curious people!Regarding the knowledge, you need to read books (as Eric’s), Web Analytics Blogs and White Papers, but most of all DISCUSS & SHARE on a continuous basis! * Discuss with your business colleagues. Understand what their objectives are and if you are a smart guy, you will discover how you can best help them; * Discuss with your IT colleagues. Without them you will get nowhere. Remember Jim’s presentation with Dilbert or Robin’s presentation, if you attended eMetrics 2006 in Washington; * Discuss with your Web Analytics provider. Whether they are Vendors or a Web Analytics Agency treat them as partners, not providers. You need them on your side! Pick their brains as the product is just 10% (Avinash’s rule 90/10). For example, at OX2 we allow our clients to pay us a dinner from time to time to discuss about their Web Analytics. I must admit that around a nice table, with a good bottle of wine, together with the client, we brainstorm towards very interesting new fields of action; * Discuss with the Web Analytics community: you have plenty of opportunities as the Yahoo Group, the many Blogs out there, get a membership of the Web Analytics Association and of course attend the eMetrics Summit near you! * And don’t forget to share all that you have learned with all the people I mentioned in this list! We live in the 2.0 world in which sharing is the common denominator [...]

]]> By: WebMetricsGuru http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-4301 WebMetricsGuru Sat, 30 Sep 2006 04:37:30 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-4301 <strong>Top 10 Web Analytics Blogs revisited - WMG is #5...</strong> Avinash Kaushik released his latest list of Top 10 Web Analytics Blogs and WebMetricsGuru.com is now #5 on the list.  Last time he did this list, WMG was #1 and the time before that, #2.    Since the first time, in...... Top 10 Web Analytics Blogs revisited - WMG is #5…

Avinash Kaushik released his latest list of Top 10 Web Analytics Blogs and WebMetricsGuru.com is now #5 on the list.  Last time he did this list, WMG was #1 and the time before that, #2.    Since the first time, in……

]]> By: WebMetricsGuru http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-969 WebMetricsGuru Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:52:56 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-969 <strong>Top Web Marketing Blogs...</strong> While Webmetricsguru.com was the top Web Analytics blog in July, according to Avinash Kaushik it was not the top Online Marketing Blog (wish it was) according to Onalytica Blog. Is it really fair to put the NYTimes in with the...... Top Web Marketing Blogs…

While Webmetricsguru.com was the top Web Analytics blog in July, according to Avinash Kaushik it was not the top Online Marketing Blog (wish it was) according to Onalytica Blog. Is it really fair to put the NYTimes in with the……

]]> By: Banana Eater Painting - from Little Hokum Rag http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-791 Banana Eater Painting - from Little Hokum Rag Sat, 15 Jul 2006 04:59:18 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-791 [...] And while I’m finising up for today I’d like to direct people to this mention of one of my other blogs, www.webmetricsguru.com which was just voted the Top Web Analytics blog by Avinash Kaushik. [...] [...] And while I’m finising up for today I’d like to direct people to this mention of one of my other blogs, http://www.webmetricsguru.com which was just voted the Top Web Analytics blog by Avinash Kaushik. [...]

]]> By: Know More Media http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-786 Know More Media Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:57:38 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-786 <strong>Power of a Tour de France Peloton = Power of a Blog Network...</strong> I’m a huge fan of the Tour de France, going on right now – I watch it every day. I am intrigued by the strategies, the many facets of sport, and the trial of human strength and endurance. One thing...... Power of a Tour de France Peloton = Power of a Blog Network…

I’m a huge fan of the Tour de France, going on right now – I watch it every day. I am intrigued by the strategies, the many facets of sport, and the trial of human strength and endurance. One thing……

]]> By: Clint http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-785 Clint Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:28:06 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-785 Avinash, I've put up a poll (of sorts) <a href="http://instantcognition.blogspot.com/2006/07/re-top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> so that you can factor in the VOC (if you want). -Clint Avinash, I’ve put up a poll (of sorts) here so that you can factor in the VOC (if you want).

-Clint

]]> By: Dan Smith http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-782 Dan Smith Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:05:54 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-782 Avinash, this is a very cool list you've got going. My kudos to your efforts. Great job. Just wanted to give some further info on the 'not updated in Technorati' issue. In our network of 70+ active blogs (Know More Media), at one point a couple of months ago, Technorati showed more than half of them as not being updated within the last 60+ days. We knew that wasn't accurate at all (most of those had posted within the last day), so we got in touch with Technorati to seek a solution. To their credit, the Technorati support staff saw what was wrong (some settings needed to be corrected on their side), made the corrections, and soon everything was updating correctly. However, every once in a while, one of our blogs gets 'stuck' in regards to Technorati--where Technorati doesn't register them as being updated, though they are posting regularly--so we contact them when needed, and they get it fixed quite quickly. Hopefully someday it will all work smoothly, but we know as well as anyone that technology quirks happen, and you do your best to identify them, fix them, and keep moving forward. Avinash, this is a very cool list you’ve got going. My kudos to your efforts. Great job.

Just wanted to give some further info on the ‘not updated in Technorati’ issue. In our network of 70+ active blogs (Know More Media), at one point a couple of months ago, Technorati showed more than half of them as not being updated within the last 60+ days. We knew that wasn’t accurate at all (most of those had posted within the last day), so we got in touch with Technorati to seek a solution.

To their credit, the Technorati support staff saw what was wrong (some settings needed to be corrected on their side), made the corrections, and soon everything was updating correctly.

However, every once in a while, one of our blogs gets ’stuck’ in regards to Technorati–where Technorati doesn’t register them as being updated, though they are posting regularly–so we contact them when needed, and they get it fixed quite quickly.

Hopefully someday it will all work smoothly, but we know as well as anyone that technology quirks happen, and you do your best to identify them, fix them, and keep moving forward.

]]> By: Justin Cutroni http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-780 Justin Cutroni Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:23:50 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-780 Hi Avinash, Thanks for the kind words! Now I have a reputation to live up to :) Have a great weekend, Justin Hi Avinash,

Thanks for the kind words! Now I have a reputation to live up to :)

Have a great weekend,

Justin

]]> By: Avinash Kaushik http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-778 Avinash Kaushik Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:03:27 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-778 Clint: Actually <a href="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/07/ten_questions_w.html">in the interview</a> Guy puts David Sifry in the hot seat about two pages on technorati not showing the rank for Guy's blog accurately and David does apologize. :) I went through almost 60 blogs listed under web analytics for research for this post and some do fall under "not updated recently" on technorati bucket. Another example of a egregious error I think is Xavier’s blog, something's "broken" in technorati. According to David, in the interview, they are working on these things, we'll see. Blessedly all blogs on our top 10 list have been updated recently in technorati. You are right about the fun part, it is a lot of work for me to put this together, more than I would have thought, but it is fun and a great learning experience. Very reflective of challenges on might face doing "reporting" in our normal business jobs. Thanks for your comment & feedback. Clint: Actually in the interview Guy puts David Sifry in the hot seat about two pages on technorati not showing the rank for Guy’s blog accurately and David does apologize. :)

I went through almost 60 blogs listed under web analytics for research for this post and some do fall under “not updated recently” on technorati bucket. Another example of a egregious error I think is Xavier’s blog, something’s “broken” in technorati.

According to David, in the interview, they are working on these things, we’ll see.

Blessedly all blogs on our top 10 list have been updated recently in technorati.

You are right about the fun part, it is a lot of work for me to put this together, more than I would have thought, but it is fun and a great learning experience. Very reflective of challenges on might face doing “reporting” in our normal business jobs.

Thanks for your comment & feedback.

]]> By: Clint http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-775 Clint Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:55:29 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-775 It's intereting to note, that despite what David Sifry says (see the link at the beginning of Avinash's post) that two of the blogs currently listed in the top 10 for web analytics by Technorati, have not been updated in several weeks (54 days and 94 days as far as Technorati knows). While this seems to be true for <a href="http://experiencedynamics.blogs.com/" rel="nofollow">Demystifying Usability</a>, there would appear to be a problem with Schipul's feed (<a href="http://www.brandtobedetermined.com/" rel="nofollow">BrandToBeDetermined</a>) since he has some very recent posts (including today). In any case, thanks Avinash, this is a fun exercise if nothing else. :) -Clint It’s intereting to note, that despite what David Sifry says (see the link at the beginning of Avinash’s post) that two of the blogs currently listed in the top 10 for web analytics by Technorati, have not been updated in several weeks (54 days and 94 days as far as Technorati knows). While this seems to be true for Demystifying Usability, there would appear to be a problem with Schipul’s feed (BrandToBeDetermined) since he has some very recent posts (including today).

In any case, thanks Avinash, this is a fun exercise if nothing else. :)

-Clint

]]> By: WebMetricsGuru http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-773 WebMetricsGuru Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:32:13 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-773 <strong>WebMetricsGuru is rated the #1 Web Analytics Blog...</strong> Avinash Kaushik is too good to me - or maybe it's Technorati - or maybe it's Know More Media - as www.webmetricsguru.com is now been named the Top Web Analytics Blog by Avinash Kaushik for July 06. As we've seen...... WebMetricsGuru is rated the #1 Web Analytics Blog…

Avinash Kaushik is too good to me - or maybe it’s Technorati - or maybe it’s Know More Media - as http://www.webmetricsguru.com is now been named the Top Web Analytics Blog by Avinash Kaushik for July 06. As we’ve seen……

]]> By: Webmetricsguru http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-770 Webmetricsguru Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:29:29 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2006/07/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html#comment-770 Thanks Avinash! This is great. I'm going to celebrate today - and then post some more. BTW, noticed Occam's Razor moved up too ... and Eric Peterson's now on the list. I guess Technorati's rankings are very dynamic and you need to be pumping out a lot of content - good content - to keep moving up. I try to do that and I try to apply analytics to everything I post about (not always successfully - but I keep trying anyway). Thanks again, Marshall www.webmetricsguru.com Thanks Avinash!

This is great. I’m going to celebrate today - and then post some more.

BTW, noticed Occam’s Razor moved up too … and Eric Peterson’s now on the list.

I guess Technorati’s rankings are very dynamic and you need to be pumping out a lot of content - good content - to keep moving up. I try to do that and I try to apply analytics to everything I post about (not always successfully - but I keep trying anyway).

Thanks again,

Marshall
http://www.webmetricsguru.com

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