{"id":229,"date":"2007-04-16T00:35:41","date_gmt":"2007-04-16T07:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/top-ten-web-analytics-blogs-april2007\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T22:32:52","slug":"top-ten-web-analytics-blogs-april2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/top-ten-web-analytics-blogs-april2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Web Analytics Blogs : April2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Orchid\" hspace=\"7\" src=https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/orchid.jpg\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/>Thanks for reminding me guys, here is the latest edition of the top ranked web analytics blogs. (Older Editions: <a href=https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/2007\/02\/top-ten-web-analytics-blogs-january-2007.html\">Jan &#8217;07<\/a>, <a href=https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/2006\/09\/top-ten-web-analytics-blogs-september-2006.html\">Sept &lsquo;06<\/a>, <a href=https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/2006\/07\/top-ranked-web-analytics-blogs-july-2006.html\">July &lsquo;06<\/a>.) <\/p>\n<p>To be considered for the top blog rankings a blog should <strong><em>primarily<\/em><\/strong> be on the topic of <strong>Web Analytics<\/strong> (50% of greater number of posts) as judged by a <strong><em>qualitative<\/em><\/strong> review (by me) over the last couple of months and the blog should have <strong><em>regular posts<\/em><\/strong> during the same time period (the criteria is loose but atleast four to six posts so lots of wiggle room). <\/p>\n<p>I have approximate 45 blogs on my list that I consider for this ranking. If you feel that your blog should be on this list but is not then please email me (blog at kaushik dot net), especially if you are a non-English blog (and hence sadly I am unable to review it). <\/p>\n<p>The hope is to improve the ranking each time it comes out. Here are the <strong>top ranked web analytics blogs<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cols=\"7\" rules=\"groups\" border=\"1\" frame=\"box\" height=\"24\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" width=\"62\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\" colspan=\"2\"><b><br \/>\n<center>Rank<\/center><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" width=\"261\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\"><b><font color=\"#000000\"><br \/>\n<center>Top Ranked<\/center><\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" width=\"238\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\" colspan=\"4\"><b><font color=\"#333300\"><br \/>\n<center>Technorati<\/center><\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" height=\"25\"><b>Apr<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\"><b>Jan<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\"><b><br \/>\n<center>Web Analytics Blogs<\/center><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\"><b><font color=\"#000000\">Apr&#8217;07<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\"><b><font color=\"#000000\">Jan&#8217;07<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\"><b><font color=\"#000000\">Sep&#8217;06<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;1033;D-MMM-YY\"><b><font color=\"#000000\">Jul&#8217;06<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" height=\"40\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"1\"><b><font color=\"#000080\">1<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"2\"><font color=\"#000080\">2<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"left\"><a href=https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\">Occam&#8217;s Razor<\/a><br \/>by Avinash Kaushik<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"3996\"><b>3,996<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"3778\">3,778<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"6591\"><font color=\"#000000\">6,591<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"20124\">20,124<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" height=\"40\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"2\"><b><font color=\"#000080\">2<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"3\"><font color=\"#000080\">3<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"left\"><a href=https:\/\/www.webmetricsguru.com\/\">Web Metrics Guru<\/a><br \/>by Marshall Sponder<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"6069\"><b>6,069<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"6965\">6,965<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"7126\"><font color=\"#000000\">7,126<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"8086\">8,086<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" height=\"40\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"3\"><b><font color=\"#000080\">3<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"1\"><font color=\"#000080\">1<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"left\"><a href=https:\/\/analytics.blogspot.com\/\">Google Analytics Blog<\/a><br \/>by Jeff Gills<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"8087\"><b>8,087<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"3532\">3,532<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"5005\"><font color=\"#000000\">5,005<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" height=\"40\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"4\"><b><font color=\"#000080\">4<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"4\"><font color=\"#000080\">4<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"left\"><a href=https:\/\/manojjasra.blogspot.com\/\">Web Analytics World<\/a><br \/>by Manoj Jasra<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"14144\"><b>14,144<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"17509\">17,509<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"35315\"><font color=\"#000000\">35,315<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" height=\"40\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"5\"><b><font color=\"#000080\">5<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"5\"><font color=\"#000080\">5<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"left\"><a href=https:\/\/www.webanalyticsdemystified.com\/weblog\">Eric T. Peterson&#8217;s Analytics Weblog<\/a><br \/>by Eric Peterson<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"21843\"><b>21,843<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"27762\">27,762<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"36838\"><font color=\"#000000\">36,838<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"91240\">91,240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" height=\"40\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"6\"><b><font color=\"#000080\">6<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"7\"><font color=\"#000080\">7<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"left\"><a href=https:\/\/lunametrics.blogspot.com\/\">Increasing your website&#8217;s conversion rate<\/a><br \/>by Robbin Steif<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"27128\"><b>27,128<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"31253\">31,253<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"43761\"><font color=\"#000000\">43,761<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"76223\">76,223<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" height=\"40\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"7\"><b><font color=\"#000080\">7<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"6\"><font color=\"#000080\">6<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"left\"><a href=https:\/\/www.roirevolution.com\/blog\">Unofficial Google Analytics Blog<\/a><br \/>by Michael Harrison<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"28846\"><b>28,846<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"31253\">31,253<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"36319\"><font color=\"#000000\">36,319<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"61923\">61,923<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" height=\"40\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"8\"><b><font color=\"#000080\">8<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"8\"><font color=\"#000080\">8<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"left\"><a href=https:\/\/www.liesdamnedlies.com\/\">Lies, Damned Lies&#8230;<\/a><br \/>by Ian Thomas<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"36666\"><b>36,666<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"54743\">54,743<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" height=\"40\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"9\"><b><font color=\"#000080\">9<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"10\"><font color=\"#000080\">10<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"left\"><a href=https:\/\/webanalytics.wordpress.com\/\">WebAnalytics.be Blog<\/a><br \/>by Aur\u00c3\u00a9lie Pols<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"37097\"><b>37,097<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"80978\">80,978<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" height=\"40\" sdnum=\"1033;\" sdval=\"10\"><b><font color=\"#000080\">10<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\"><font color=\"#000080\" size=\"4\">&#8211;<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"left\"><a href=https:\/\/webanalysis.blogspot.com\/\">Web Analysis, Behavioral Targeting and Advertising<\/a><br \/>by Anil Batra<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\" sdval=\"48459\"><b>48,459<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#99ccff\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#ccffcc\" sdnum=\"1033;0;#,##0\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Personal Observations:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<p><li>To be on the list you would have needed to have 85 Unique Blogs to link to you in the last six months. That is twice as many as you would have needed to be on the list in January 2007. It keep getting tough in the blogosphere!<br \/>\n<P><\/br><\/p>\n<p><li>To be ranked #1 you would have needed 625 unique blog links. <BR>(<strong>Sidebar<\/strong>: My own technorati ranking is slightly worse than what it was in Jan, even though I have 62 more unique blog links during that time. Just goes to how how the blogosphere in general is growing and how hard it is to achieve a decent technorati ranking.)<br \/>\n<P><\/p>\n<li>We have one new blog on the list, <em>welcome Anil<\/em>, and several nice moves, <em>great work Ian and Aurelie\/Rene<\/em>!<br \/>\n<P><\/p>\n<li>I need to get on Jeff Gillis&rsquo;s case! : )<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Personal Best Blogs Ranking:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With each top blog listing I also present my own personal ranking of the best blogs in the last few months. (using the criteria that they &ldquo;<a href=https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/about\/\">Eat like a bird, and poop like an elephant<\/a>&rdquo;). I appreciate their contributions because they share&nbsp;their wisdom liberally.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#0000ff\"># 1<\/font><\/strong> <a href=https:\/\/visualrevenue.com\/blog\/\">Web Analytics &amp; Affiliate Marketing blog<\/a> &ndash; Dennis R. Mortensen<br \/><strong>(<\/strong>Dennis is the COO of <a href=https:\/\/www.indextools.com\/\">indexTools<\/a> and a good friend. I eagerly look forward to reading each post from Dennis, even&nbsp;when he simply&nbsp;<a href=https:\/\/visualrevenue.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/emetrics-london-video-interview-dennis.html\">presents himself<\/a>! &nbsp;You can read any post on the blog but if you only have a few minutes check out: <a href=https:\/\/visualrevenue.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/long-tail-and-how-to-calculate-missing.html\">The Long Tail &#8230; and how to calculate missing Revenue<\/a>, make sure you scroll down to comment #4 to learn how to create a double-logarithmic chart. Thanks Dennis.<strong>)<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#0000ff\"># 2<\/font><\/strong> <a href=https:\/\/www.visioactive.com\/\">Visioactive<\/a> &ndash; Ian S. Houston<br \/><strong>(<\/strong>Ian&rsquo;s blog is also new and is extremely good. Ian provides&nbsp;a point of view that is candid, refreshing and unique. Besides I love a guy who, like me, can post comments longer than his original post! Check out: <a href=https:\/\/www.visioactive.com\/2007\/02\/16\/a-framework-for-defining-and-communicating-web-analytics-measurement\/\">Using a framework to define and communicate web analytics measurement<\/a>. Thanks Ian.<strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#0000ff\"># 3<\/font><\/strong> N\/A<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please <u>read these blogs, link to them, sign up for their RSS feeds, and generally encourage them<\/u> (it is a tough slog to keep a blog going with everything else in their lives and I am sure a word here and a word there is motivation enough to sustain all bloggers). <\/p>\n<p>What do you all think? Do you agree with the ranking? Do you have a favorite that is not on the list above? Would you rate a blog in the above list differently? Have suggestions for me to consider for my personal rankings? Please share your feedback via comments.<\/p>\n<p><i>[Like this post? For more posts like this please <a href=https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/all-posts-site-map\/\">click here<\/a>.]<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\nPS: If you want to a copy of the list here is a handy list:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall Top Ranked:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p># 1: <a href=https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\">Occam&rsquo;s Razor<\/a><font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;by Avinash Kaushik<br \/><\/font># 2: <a href=https:\/\/www.webmetricsguru.com\/\">Web Metrics Guru<\/a>&nbsp;<font color=\"#000000\">by Marshall Sponder<br \/><\/font># 3: <a href=https:\/\/analytics.blogspot.com\/\">Google Analytics Blog<\/a>&nbsp;<font color=\"#000000\">by Jeff Gills<br \/><\/font># 4: <a href=https:\/\/manojjasra.blogspot.com\/\">Web Analytics World<\/a>&nbsp;<font color=\"#000000\">by Manoj Jasra<br \/><\/font># 5: <a href=https:\/\/www.webanalyticsdemystified.com\/weblog\">Eric T. Peterson&rsquo;s Analytics Weblog<\/a>&nbsp;<font color=\"#000000\">by Eric Peterson<br \/><\/font># 6: <a href=https:\/\/lunametrics.blogspot.com\/\">Increasing your website&rsquo;s conversion rate<\/a>&nbsp;<font color=\"#000000\">by Robbin Steif<br \/><\/font># 7: <a href=https:\/\/www.roirevolution.com\/blog\">Unofficial Google Analytics Blog<\/a>&nbsp;<font color=\"#000000\">by Michael Harrison<br \/><\/font># 8: <a href=https:\/\/www.liesdamnedlies.com\/\">Lies, Damned Lies&hellip;<\/a>&nbsp;<font color=\"#000000\">by Ian Thomas<br \/><\/font># 9: <a href=https:\/\/webanalytics.wordpress.com\/\">WebAnalytics.be Blog<\/a>&nbsp;<font color=\"#000000\">by Aur\u00c3\u00a9lie Pols<br \/><\/font># 10: <a href=https:\/\/webanalysis.blogspot.com\/\">Web Analysis, Behavioral Targeting and Advertising<\/a>&nbsp;<\/font><font color=\"#000000\">by Anil Batra<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>My Personal Recommendations:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p># 1 <a href=https:\/\/visualrevenue.com\/blog\/\">Web Analytics &amp; Affiliate Marketing blog<\/a> by Dennis R. 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