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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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5 Reasons Social Media Measurement is Making You Lie to Yourself

Convince & Convert

Everyone knows that data from Nielsen, Compete, Quantcast, Alexa and their ilk is only semi-accurate unless the site chooses to report actual numbers, so we’ve mostly accepted the fact that website traffic is a dull topic not worth our curiosity or bile. It’s not a key performance indicator, it’s a key popularity indicator.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

This post is a somewhat technical approach toward dealing with duplicate content issues. Local SEO Tracking: How to Track Offline Conversions : Whether it’s by custom URLs or custom phone numbers, offline conversions can be tracked thanks to a bit of analytics know-how. Here’s how you can identify and solve that issue.

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