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Blog Visits Increase Despite No Tweeting

Ari Herzog

The below graphs and data from Google Analytics say the rest. Comparing the present to the past is more evident with data from Quantcast , a company that has measured my site for years. Here is Quantcast data of unique visitors from 2009 to present. Blog News blogging metrics Twitter' The above subject says it all.

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Compete Responds To Criticism

Dave Fleet

My primary concern was that, after seeing nearly a 90% variance between their numbers and those from Google Analytics on my own site, I couldn’t trust that their numbers for other sites would be correct. when comparing the traffic numbers for local analytics (google, omniture, etc) to the numbers on Compete.com.

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How Bloggers and Webmasters Violate Your Privacy With Google Analytics

Ari Herzog

of bloggers and other webmasters around the world use a free tool called Google Analytics to track website visitors and click-through metrics. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. If the above title drew you in, good. Keep reading.

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Who You Are

Ari Herzog

According to Google Analytics , 923 people visited my blog during the month of January 2015. Blog News blogging metrics' With a wonderful 7% bounce rate (indicating 93% of you are reading more than one page), there was a total of 1,115 sessions. A session is a visit. If you visited my blog every day, that’s 30 sessions.

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30 Tips To Be a Digital Storyteller

Ari Herzog

Use Google Analytics or similar to track metrics. Consider Quantcast and Alexa. Think about monetization: product sales, donations, ads, sponsorship, affiliate marketing, Kindle subscription, etc. Be aware of FTC rules about disclaimers. Grade your blog and follow all advice given. This list is not exhaustive.

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5 Reasons Social Media Measurement is Making You Lie to Yourself

Convince & Convert

Social media measurement causes unsavory (and ineffective) marketing behavior because unlike the rest of our marketing key performance indicators, social media metrics are out there for anyone to see. Visibility of Social Media Metrics Drives Behavior. million followers on Twitter, most of which were bots and fake accounts ?

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The answer is no, but it’s still a metric that is close to Larry Page’s heart. 10 Metrics to Check When Your Traffic Crashes : With Google consistently trying to provide the best search experience, your rankings may fall at any time. Consider focusing your link building tactics internally — that is, on your site.

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