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  • Welcome Josh West, Adobe, and Google!
  • New White Paper on Tag Management from Demystified!
  • Social media is like coffee …
  • Why I am excited about Webtrends Streams
  • Happy New Year from Web Analytics Demystified
  • The Evolving Tag Management Marketplace
  • Good Guy Google …
  • ACCELERATE: An Analytics Event for the 99%
  • Make an Even BIGGER Difference
  • Site Performance and Digital Analytics
  • Digital analytics is like basketball …
  • 2012 WAA Award of Excellence
  • Can you help the Analysis Exchange?
  • Web 3.0 and the Internet User’s Bill of Rights
  • Welcome Demystifier Brian Hawkins!
  • Announcing the Analysis Exchange Scholarship
  • Big News from Web Analytics Wednesday!
  • My New Year’s Resolutions, Demystified
  • The Evolution of Web Analytics Wednesday
  • Are you in Google+? We are!
  • First ever ACCELERATE is this happening TODAY!
  • Do You Trust Your Data?
  • Finally! Standards come to Web Analytics
  • More seats opening for ACCELERATE 2011!
  • Big San Francisco Web Analytics Wednesday event!
  • The Myth of the “Data-Driven” Business
  • Are you a Super Accelerator?
  • ACCELERATE 2011 is SOLD OUT
  • Announcing ACCELERATE 2011!
  • Massive Web Analytics Throw-down in Google+
  • Great jobs and a great gathering in Atlanta next week
  • Three Great Jobs at Best Buy
  • Amazing news from Analysis Exchange
  • Demystified Days has been postponed
  • Would you pay $100 per year for Google Analytics?
  • WAA Elections: I Support the Slate
  • Announcing “Demystified Days”
  • Guest Post: Success in The Analysis Exchange!
  • A few thoughts on the upcoming WAA Awards
  • Conference Season is Upon Us
  • Free webcast on Tag Management Systems on Jan 25th
  • Want to meet Adam Greco? Go to OMS 2011 in San Diego!
  • Big Changes at Web Analytics Demystified
  • It’s not about you, it’s about the community …
  • Commerce Department and WAA Code of Ethics
  • FTC “Do Not Track?” Bring it on …
  • Are you in Atlanta? I will be, next week!
  • Updated “Web Analysts Code of Ethics”
  • Our Engagement Metric in use at Philly.com
  • Presentations from Web Analytics Demystified
  • Free white paper on Tag Management Systems
  • Web Analysts Code of Ethics …
  • Congratulations to Nedstat and comScore!
  • We are our own worst enemy …
  • Do not miss this year’s X Change conference!
  • Our Mobile Measurement Framework is now available
  • Analysis Exchange members going to X Change 2010
  • Sad to see Aurelie Pols go …
  • Guest Post: Kevin Hillstrom
  • X Change 2010 Conversation Topics Announced!
  • Guest Post: Jason Thompson, Analysis Exchange Mentor
  • Are you looking for experienced web analysts?
  • Does your data quality still suck?
  • Thoughts on IBM’s acquisition of Coremetrics …
  • Update from The Analysis Exchange …
  • The Analysis Exchange is OPEN TO EVERYONE
  • Excited to Announce X Change 2010 Keynote!
  • Are you coming to Emetrics?
  • My Interview with Adobe Chief Privacy Officer
  • An Open Letter to Steve Jobs
  • iPad, Mobile Analytics, and Web Analytics 3.0
  • WAA Elections: Accountability, Inclusion, and Value
  • Why Google is really offering an opt-out …
  • Analysis Exchange ALPHA Nearing Completion
  • Web Analytics Wednesday: Free and Independent!
  • Want to meet Web Analytics Demystified?
  • The Coming Bifurcation in Web Analytics Tools
  • Flash Cookies and Consumer Privacy
  • Welcome to Web Analytics Demystified 2.0
  • The Most Important Post on Web Analytics You’ll Ever Read
  • Amazing response to The Analysis Exchange
  • Announcing The Analysis Exchange
  • Welcome to our newest partner, John Lovett
  • Google Analytics Intelligence Feature is Brilliant!
  • Are You Ready for the Coming Revolution?
  • An Apology of Sorts …
  • New Data on the Strategic Use of Web Analytics
  • Web Analytics Demystified European Tour
  • More color on Adobe + Omniture
  • Thoughts on Adobe + Omniture
  • X Change 2009: Sold Out!
  • White Paper: Testing Secrets of Success
  • Interview: John Lovett from Forrester Research
  • How much do you pay for web analytics?
  • #measure is the new #wa in Twitter
  • Interview: Bill Gassman (Gartner) on Google Analytics
  • Want to Debate Standards?
  • The Truth About Mobile Analytics
  • X Change Keynote Announced
  • Davos, TED, X Change, …
  • Demystifying Europe …
  • Are You Coming to Emetrics?
  • Interview on Social Media and Analytics
  • Is Your Attribution Model Appropriate?
  • Hosam Elkhodary
  • WAA Board Election: Don’t Forget to Vote!
  • Unique Visitors ONLY Come in One Size
  • Omniture, Europe, SAS, WebTrends, and Twitter!
  • Customer service done right in Twitter, #wa style
  • Free webinars on February 11th and 12th
  • Web Analytics Wednesday partners with the WAA and eMetrics!
  • Web Analytics Demystified speaking engagements
  • Barack Obama should not fear cookies!
  • Great news from Web Analytics Wednesday!
  • Thoughts on the proposed IAB Guidelines
  • Sad to say, I partially agree with Brandt Dainow
  • Measuring success in Twitter: Influence vs. Participation
  • New data on the state of web analytics in 2009
  • Wishing all of you Happy Holidays!
  • Our Vendor Discovery Tool is Back Online
  • Web Analytics: One Month at a Time in 2009
  • An Open Letter to President-Elect Obama
  • Web Analytics is Recession Proof?
  • Interview with Corry Prohens of IQ Workforce
  • WAA Standards Update: Thursday, November 6th
  • Do not forget to VOTE!
  • Track Visitor Engagement using Google Analytics!
  • The Google Analytics update: Thoughts and Implications
  • Visitor Engagement + comScore = Audience Engagement!
  • I am honored to be speaking at Emetrics
  • Yahoo Web Analytics does not compete with Google Analytics
  • Answers to questions about Visitor Engagement
  • Our white paper on Visitor Engagement is now available
  • Will you be at the Internet Marketing Conference?
  • Recap on the X Change
  • The X Change is nearly sold out!
  • Additional networking events at the X Change
  • Forrester acquires JupiterResearch
  • John Payne is running for WAA Board of Directors
  • I am speaking at OMS in Portland on August 5th
  • Jim Sterne, the Godfather of Web Analytics
  • JupiterResearch Web Analytics Buyer’s Guide
  • Are you still wondering about X Change?
  • Omniture: Visitor Engagement is just a fad!
  • X Change: Experts in Attendance!
  • Guest Post: Benchmarking Web Analytics
  • European webcast on measuring visitor engagement
  • Guest Post: Web Analytics in a Recession?
  • Welcome Paul Holstein to the Demystified weblogs!
  • Larry Freed and Lars Johannson interview me about X Change
  • Great jobs at Intuit; Our job board is now GLOBAL
  • It is official: IndexTools is now free for everyone!
  • X Change conference conversation leaders announced
  • #wa: A Twitter channel for web analytics professionals
  • EUWAA Update from the WAA Board of Directors
  • Forrester, Gartner, and JupiterResearch analysts to participate in X Change keynote
  • Web Analytics Wednesday, SAS style
  • Web Analytics Wednesday San Francisco Metrics and KPIs
  • Welcome to IQ Workforce sponsoring our job board
  • Coremetrics and SiteSpect: Global Web Analytics Wednesday sponsors!
  • Europe and the Web Analytics Association
  • Now I too am a lazy blogger …
  • Free IndexTools: Analysis and Market Implications
  • Getting excited about Web Analytics Wednesday Emetrics
  • Special free webcast for online retailers this Thursday
  • How Yahoo! buying IndexTools changes Web Analytics
  • Great news from Brussels and our friends at OX2!
  • Matt Belkin of Omniture: Web Analytics is Easy!
  • Free white paper on the Web Site Optimization Ecosystem
  • Web Analytics Demystified is heading to Europe!
  • June Dershewitz is running for WAA Board of Directors
  • Measuring Online Engagement: Step One
  • Measuring Engagement Online: The Next Stage
  • What is the future of web analytics?
  • Free white paper on measuring multimedia on the Internet
  • What is your web analytics communication strategy: Part II
  • Hannah Montana loves Web Analytics Demystified!
  • What is your web analytics communication strategy?
  • An incredible sounding job at CafePress
  • Web analytics is hard!
  • Web Analytics: A Day a Month white paper now available
  • Updates to Web Analytics Demystified.com
  • I’m an Omniture customer now … are you?
  • My AMA presentation is now online and much more
  • Want to use web analytics to impact TV programming?
  • Web Analytics: An Hour a Day
  • Salary distribution data for Europe and Canada
  • Web Analytics Salaries 2007: Insights and Observations
  • Are you one of the nearly 2,000 companies looking for web analytics talent?
  • Please attend my webinar on Web Analytics 2.0 and the Web Site Optimization Ecosystem
  • Ever thought about moving to Seattle and building a web analytics practice?
  • Our survey is now closed but the WAA survey is just getting started!
  • Looking for an awesome job here in Oregon?
  • The bleeding at WebTrends continues …
  • Please participate in the Web Analytics Demystified Fall Survey!
  • My thoughts about Omniture and WebTrends
  • Example uses of the visitor engagement metric
  • Nick Arnett challenges my visitor engagement calculation
  • OmniVisualWebSideSciences-ature!
  • How to measure visitor engagement, redux
  • Forrester is calling all web analytics consultants
  • Welcome Daniel Shields!
  • Is engagement an excuse?
  • Are you going to Emetrics?
  • Charles Schwab is looking for someone to bring PROCESS to their use of web analytics
  • Just as I got caught up on my web analytics blog reading …
  • Web Analytics Demystified partners with Satama Interactive in Europe
  • Stephane Hamel on Web Analytics 2.0 and 3.0
  • Web Analytics 2.0? I am more worried about Web Analytics 3.0!
  • How the Web Analytics Demystified job board helped Musicians Friend
  • World Tour Day Five: Brussels
  • EXCLUSIVE Microsoft Gatineau presentation and screen shots!
  • World Tour Days Three and Four: Rotterdam and Brussels
  • World Tour Day Two: Stockolm, Sweden
  • World Tour Day One: Helsinki, Finland
  • Web Analytics Demystified World Tour starts tomorrow!
  • One of the best decisions I made this year …
  • Congratulations to the WAA Standards Committee!
  • Congratulations to Jennifer Veesenmeyer and June Dershewitz!
  • Jobs at Yahoo, Digitas, Apple and more in our job board!
  • I’m doing a free Webcast for the WAA on August 29th …
  • Is Google Analytics the Killer App? No.
  • Technorati is a machine, Gary Angel is a man …
  • I am heading to Tokyo but a few thoughts before I go …
  • Technorati is a poor source of blog ranking data …
  • The Problem with Free Analytics
  • The Web 2.0 Measurement Group has moved to Facebook
  • Why I like Rand Schulman …
  • On NetRatings and time spent on site
  • Dream job for musician-slash-web data analyst in Oregon
  • Damn you Steve Jobs, damn you, damn you, damn you
  • Lars gathers some of the best and brightest in Europe to chat
  • Backcountry.com is looking for a web analytics leader
  • Bryan, Avinash, and Judah …
  • Web Analytics Demystified and Stratigent partnership and more
  • Video from Jeremiah Owyang and the WAW Guru breakfast
  • The comScore study on cookie deletion is finally out
  • Research summary from our March 2007 survey now available
  • The 10/20/70 rule for Achievable Web Analytics Success
  • Web analytics in Holland
  • Avinash on the definition of Enterprise Class analytics
  • I’m in Europe today and announcing my partnership with OX2
  • Who said that Google Analytics was Enterprise analytics?
  • Great feedback on my premium job board from a recruiter I helped
  • Heading out on the road next week
  • Jennifer LeClaire calls the Aquent partnership “brilliant”
  • Web Analytics Demystified and Aquent
  • Free white paper on Web Analytics Business Process
  • CondeNet is willing to train you to learn Visual Sciences
  • More feedback from the blogging community about my new company
  • Some coverage on my formation of Web Analytics Demystified
  • Web Analytics Demystified, Incorporated
  • Can’t make Emetrics? You’re in luck if you’re in the WAA!
  • Are you coming to Emetrics?
  • Ian Houston publishes very interesting cookie deletion data of his own
  • Welcome to the blogosphere Judah Phillips!
  • I have gone and “burned” my blog feed …
  • comScore answers a few of my questions about their recent report
  • Another great sounding job in Reporting & Analytics at TheStreet.com
  • comScore study sheds new light on risks to cookie-based measurement
  • Want to see the results of my recent web analytics survey?
  • Reed Business Interactive is looking for a web analytics project manager
  • University of Fairfax, VA needs some help with their reporting
  • Seven free resources to get started with Google Web Site Optimizer
  • Please take 15 minutes to participate in my web analytics survey!
  • Eric Enge interviews Bryan Eisenberg
  • Interview with web analytics job seeker Jaimie Scott
  • Are you an experienced business manager who knows web analytics?
  • comScore adds sessions to their reporting
  • How you know the tech economy is booming back …
  • WebGuild event at Googleplex, Wednesday March 14th
  • Webcast link for my AMA/Aquent presentation last week!
  • Do you have little kids?
  • Some days you just feel more loved than others …
  • Guest blogger: Robbin Steif from Lunametrics!
  • Great sounding job working for Craig Danuloff at Commerce360
  • Avinash Kaushik plans to donate his book advance to charity
  • Speaking of my good friend Bryan Eisenberg …
  • The Web Analytics Association NEEDS YOU!
  • ReelzChannel is looking for a web analytics + search marketing expert
  • Playing catch up again after a family outing to SeaWorld!
  • Gaaa, is that what I think it is?
  • Worried about page views dying? Don’t be.
  • Measuring social activities online using my visitor engagement metric (Part V in a series)
  • I was recently interviewed by Eric Enge of Search Engine Watch and Stone Temple Consulting
  • COXNet is looking for someone to help the entire organziation focus on web analytics
  • The gradual building of context …
  • A few items of note
  • An interview with one of my personal heros in the web analytics world
  • Etc.
  • The myth of actionability
  • Have you read Lee Sherman’s piece on Actionable Analytics?
  • Staples.com is looking for a web analyst to take them to the next level
  • Great sounding job with R/GA working with Subaru and Johnson & Johnson
  • Like hitting golf balls in the fog
  • My interview with Megan Burns of Forrester Research
  • Register.com is looking for a dedicated web analytics manager in NYC
  • A sample of how my visitor engagement index drives insights
  • Gary Angel breaks down my engagement metric
  • PayPal is looking for a statistician to support web analytics
  • What a busy week in the web analytics world!
  • Free AMA and Aquent sponsored webcast on web analytics on March 6th
  • WebEx is looking for an experienced web data analyst
  • A question I get with some frequency these days …
  • The engagement metric, defined (part IV in a series)
  • It’s not even the end of January and I’m 1 for 5 on my predictions!
  • A few things that caught my eye this week …
  • Calculating engagement, part III … social engagement and relative content grouping
  • Avinash asks me to predict the future
  • Tagged …
  • How do you calculate engagement? Part II
  • Frank Faubert writes in …
  • How do you calculate engagement? Part I
  • So you want to be a web analyst?
  • Are you trying to hire experienced web data analysts?
  • On promises and porn stars …
  • Do you live in the Washington, D.C. area?
  • The FTC is being asked to investigate the regulation of data collection via the Internet
  • More thoughts on using visits or visitors to calculate conversion rates
  • My presentation on The Web Analytics Business Process is on slideshare
  • Gaining momentum for a Web 2.0 Measurement Working Group
  • June Li from ClickInsight has a great suggestion about implementing process
  • The strangest thing that has happened to me in a long time …
  • The Web Analytics Business Process
  • Interested in learning more about Visual Sciences at Emetrics?
  • More information on the Web 2.0 Measurement Working Group idea I had …
  • Web Analytics Wednesday Portland …
  • I’ve added a web analytics calendar to my web site
  • Okay, so maybe I haven’t been to every Emetrics ever …
  • On visits and visitors …
  • Are you going to ActiveInsights or Emetrics?
  • New RSS Feed for the simple vendor discovery tool
  • One of the nicest guys in all of web analytics interviewed
  • Man, now I really feel bad about what I said about Marshall Sponder awhile back …
  • MSN corrects the referrer problem from earlier this week
  • New Google Analytics book is on the streets
  • MSN squelches referrer information, hopefully by accident!
  • Web Analytics Wednesday in Boston was a success!
  • Thinking about forming a “Virtual Web 2.0 Measurement Working Group”
  • Web Analytics Wednesday is back in action!
  • It’s almost funny …
  • Good old oblivious Clint is building fun Excel stuff for all of us!
  • Have kids? You have to see this!
  • Avinash proposes a Site Abandonment Rate
  • Ian Thomas at Microsoft is into measuring Web 2.0 too!
  • A nice write up about Visual Sciences
  • Ever use the “KPI as a tachometer” analogy?
  • Web 2.0 Calendar system for sale: No usage data provided
  • My son, the editor …
  • Matt Jacobs asks some good questions about functionalism
  • Megan Burns at Forrester makes the case for dedicated analytics staffers
  • DM News has a very complete piece on web analytics out today …
  • Feedback on my call for a measurement standard for Web 2.0
  • More thoughts about measuring Web 2.0
  • We want Web 2.0 measurement standards and we want them now!
  • See you in San Jose?
  • Funniest comparison to web analytics I’ve read recently
  • The Dashboard Spy talks about my books
  • Want to be a Chief Analytics Officer?
  • Do you have a good story about how you use web analytics data?
  • Casanova throws props at Web Analytics Wednesday
  • Some web analytics items of note
  • A. Clinton Ivy examines the limitations of traditional web analytics in a Web 2.0 world
  • Matt Jacobs on data quality
  • Xavier Casanova must be quite pleased ….
  • Avinash gets Digg’d
  • I’m excited about the upcoming UBC/WAA course on Creating and Managing an Analytical Business Culture
  • Customer support
  • Want a long list of Google domains?
  • Did you catch my panel at Search Engine Strategies in NYC earlier this year?
  • Blackbeak, spreading the love
  • Clint is analyzing his weblog traffic … I’m his top sneezer
  • Have you got your copy of Waiting for your Cat to Bark?
  • Bloglines readers should be happier now …
  • Having trouble with my feed in Bloglines?
  • Okay, you’re gonna think I’m a jerk for saying this …
  • New blog on Google Analytics from Google
  • Here’s something humbling …
  • You are reading Avinash Kaushik, aren’t you?
  • Are you reading Matt Jacobs?
  • As the cookie crumbles …
  • The IAB weighs in on cookie rejection
  • I’ve updated my RSS feed
  • Special offer on Web Analytics Demystified and The Big Book of KPIs
  • I’ve updated my web site
  • Speaking of web data analyst jobs …
  • A caveat to the 10 / 90 rule for Magnificent Web Analytics Success
  • Avinash Kaushik enters the blogosphere
  • Cookies, redux.
  • No, I haven’t dropped off the face of the Earth …
  • If it’s May Day I must be …
  • Sunny Santa Monica this week
  • More thoughts from Emetrics 2006
  • Heading home from Santa Barbara …
  • The best laid plans …
  • I’m hoping to blog Emetrics!
  • When you’re wrong, you’re wrong …
  • Want a signed copy of Web Analytics Demystified?
  • Want an invitation to Google Analytics?
  • Juiceanalytics describes their approach to dashboards
  • Now that’s funny!
  • JupiterResearch sold for $10M
  • (Nearly) Free Money from the WAA!
  • Have you voted for your Web Analytics Association Board Members yet?
  • This weblog is now MapSurfaced!
  • High praise and a funny story …
  • Paul Strupp at Sun Microsystems says “duh, Peterson!”
  • I made a mistake!
  • My friend Clint is conflicted …
  • Great podcast with Avinash Kaushik from Intuit
  • Casanova talkin’ smack about Google
  • Brush with greatness …
  • Very funny Amazon review of Web Analytics Demystified
  • Need a free Google Analytics account?
  • Mr. Casanova says that “analytics are the foundation!”
  • ROI Revolution blogs about Google Analytics
  • Just before I left JupiterResearch I made some predictions …
  • Google bought MeasureMap!
  • On the road again …
  • A nice review of the KPI book with a focus on SEO …
  • Man is it good to be back in the data …
  • And then there was Xavier Casanova …
  • They love me in Holland (I think)
  • I’m turning comments back on in my weblog
  • Fred Kuu, talkin’ about Web Analytics Wednesday!
  • A good question about using KPIs in multi-site companies …
  • If you have any ideas about how to promote Web Analytics Wednesday …
  • Two nice online reviews of my work appeared today!
  • Congratulations to ZAAZ on their Google Analytics announcement!
  • Google is going to put a stop to spyware!
  • Do you have a Top Secret Security Clearance (TS/ISSA – with life polygraph) …
  • Wow, it’s nice to be back on this side of the street …
  • I’ve left JupiterResearch for Visual Sciences
  • The Big Book of Key Performance Indicators is NOW ON SALE!
  • Here’s some good news!
  • You know what?
  • I’m having problems with comment spam lately …
  • Everyone else is doing it, why not me?
  • You may have noticed …
  • Average Items per Cart
  • Average Order Value
  • Average Revenue per Visit
  • Average Cost per Visit
  • Excellent feedback so far and some answers to your questions!
  • An interesting KPI for retailers proposed by a reader
  • I just updated the Web Analytics Demystified web site
  • I just updated the Web Analytics Demystified web site
  • An interesting KPI for retailers proposed by a reader
  • Section Header for Averages
  • Excellent feedback so far and some answers to your questions!
  • Can any of you reading this think of …
  • Average Revenue per Visitor
  • Average Cost per Conversion
  • Average Cost per Visitor
  • Average Time to Respond to Email Inquiries
  • Props to Bob and Xavier
  • Average Visits per Visitor
  • Average Page Views per Visit
  • Everyone else is doing it, why not me?
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