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Yearly Archives: 2008

Funnels, Conversion, and Google Analytics Goals

A well-designed website encourages visitors to take action: to make purchases, to sign up for a newsletter, to subscribe to a blog. Your site should funnel visitors smoothly toward completion of these actions, without frustrations or distractions. Is your website … Continue reading

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Understanding the Google Analytics Dashboard

“What does it all mean?” is a fine philosophical question, but not what you want to be thinking when you check your Google Analytics every day. You can get more out of Google Analytics when you understand just what it … Continue reading

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What Google Analytics Is, and Why You Should Care

As a businessperson, you know the kind of traffic you have in your physical shop or office. You know your conversion rate and how it compares with others in your industry. You know what people will be looking for at … Continue reading

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Strict as it Gets

Google.com has 51 errors; CNN.com has 37 errors; SharpHue.com has 0 errors. These results were returned from the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) web site Validator tool. So, what’s the big deal? Honestly, most web users don’t have to bother … Continue reading

Posted in firefox, google base, HTML, internet explorer, sharp hue, W3C, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Web Design, web development, web standards, XHTML, XHTML 1.0 Strict, XML | 2 Comments