Comments for Global Thoughtz on Web Analytics http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com Global Thoughtz on Web Analytics Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:12:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on One valuable week in Chicago with WebTrends by Kenneth Eriksen http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/one-valuable-week-in-chicago-with-webtrends/#comment-106 Kenneth Eriksen Fri, 16 May 2008 07:47:01 +0000 http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/one-valuable-week-in-chicago-with-webtrends/#comment-106 Hi Chris, The connecting part was very much left to the participants of the course. We didn't do much connecting outside the breaks I must admit. For me the most valuable thing was to gain the speed and clarity on small syntaxes that have been a headache of mine for a long time. Everythin got much clearer and easier during the week. I almost don't make any "silly" mistakes anymore. The major new thing that I learned was how to add external data to the web statistics, after exporting to Excel and integrate more sources of data. We have several different databases in my company, that I now can easily connect, thus I can now analyze across different channels. Also, custom reporting got much simpler now, with new insight that got me to do small adjustments to the use of custom drilldowns and lookup-tables, which makes everything much more easy. Hi Chris,

The connecting part was very much left to the participants of the course. We didn’t do much connecting outside the breaks I must admit.

For me the most valuable thing was to gain the speed and clarity on small syntaxes that have been a headache of mine for a long time. Everythin got much clearer and easier during the week. I almost don’t make any “silly” mistakes anymore.

The major new thing that I learned was how to add external data to the web statistics, after exporting to Excel and integrate more sources of data. We have several different databases in my company, that I now can easily connect, thus I can now analyze across different channels.

Also, custom reporting got much simpler now, with new insight that got me to do small adjustments to the use of custom drilldowns and lookup-tables, which makes everything much more easy.

]]> Comment on One valuable week in Chicago with WebTrends by Chris G http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/one-valuable-week-in-chicago-with-webtrends/#comment-102 Chris G Wed, 07 May 2008 15:56:19 +0000 http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/one-valuable-week-in-chicago-with-webtrends/#comment-102 That's great. I've been thinking about doing one of those courses. Did they provide opportunities to connect with other users? My main way to connect these days is through the WT user forum, and I'd like to widen my network. Can you list one or two valuable things you learned? That’s great. I’ve been thinking about doing one of those courses.

Did they provide opportunities to connect with other users? My main way to connect these days is through the WT user forum, and I’d like to widen my network.

Can you list one or two valuable things you learned?

]]> Comment on Yahoo! acquires Indextools by Jmarc Vandenabeele http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/yahoo-acquires-indextools/#comment-92 Jmarc Vandenabeele Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:00:21 +0000 http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/yahoo-acquires-indextools/#comment-92 <a href="http://visualrevenue.com/blog/2008/04/indextools-yahoo-web-analytics-goes.html" title="Dennis R. Mortensen Blog" rel="nofollow">Dennis R. Mortensen</a> announced on his blog that Yahoo! "[...]<em> currently intends to provide the IndexTools Web Analytics service FREE of charge to clients and partners who accept the standard Yahoo! agreement.</em>" A direct competitor to GA and MS AdCenter Analytics. The only issue is that Yahoo! doesn't intend to add any new clients or partners in the short midterm as they are preparing for the next release of the tool. So if you're not yet an indextool client or partner, you'll have to wait... Dennis R. Mortensen announced on his blog that Yahoo!
“[…] currently intends to provide the IndexTools Web Analytics service FREE of charge to clients and partners who accept the standard Yahoo! agreement.”
A direct competitor to GA and MS AdCenter Analytics. The only issue is that Yahoo! doesn’t intend to add any new clients or partners in the short midterm as they are preparing for the next release of the tool. So if you’re not yet an indextool client or partner, you’ll have to wait…

]]> Comment on Task Completion: A simple but powerful metric by William Gaultier http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/task-completion-a-simple-but-powerful-metric/#comment-71 William Gaultier Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:57:19 +0000 http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/task-completion-a-simple-but-powerful-metric/#comment-71 Michael, Wanted to thank you for this post. Interesting indeed to see that simple metrics sometimes mean much more than the eye can meet. I think of the amount of data that my team goes through, the key performance indicators (KPI) of our clients. This piece of data from iPerceptions’ automotive industry database clearly says that beyond the 100% task completion which we look at all the time, our clients should definitely pay attention to the tasks that are not completed & their impact. Thanks! William Michael,

Wanted to thank you for this post. Interesting indeed to see that simple metrics sometimes mean much more than the eye can meet.

I think of the amount of data that my team goes through, the key performance indicators (KPI) of our clients. This piece of data from iPerceptions’ automotive industry database clearly says that beyond the 100% task completion which we look at all the time, our clients should definitely pay attention to the tasks that are not completed & their impact.

Thanks!
William

]]> Comment on First Web Analytics Wednesday in Switzerland by First Web Analytics Wednesday in Switzerland http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/first-web-analytics-wednesday-in-switzerland/#comment-36 First Web Analytics Wednesday in Switzerland Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:27:22 +0000 http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/first-web-analytics-wednesday-in-switzerland/#comment-36 [...] the rest of this great post here Post a [...] […] the rest of this great post here Post a […]

]]> Comment on Web Analytics in Switzerland by Jean-Marc Vandenabeele http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/web-analytics-in-switzerland/#comment-34 Jean-Marc Vandenabeele Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:28:08 +0000 http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/web-analytics-in-switzerland/#comment-34 Hello Pavel, Thanks for reading and comment. You might be right saying that 70 companies might be a small panel but not necessary irrelevant. My first idea was to do the exercise for the 20 companies of the SWISS Index Market (SIM) as it is a trend actually (view the good job done by OX2 team on few European Index: http://webanalytics.wordpress.com/category/euro-wa-index/). But starting my home work, I quickly realized that even if the exercise is not without interest, these companies are not necessary representative of the Swiss market. I agree with you that only 70 companies might be a small panel but it is not necessary irrelevant. The companies I chosen are representative of the market in term of localization -don't forget that Switzerland is a complicated market splitted in 3 main speaking areas (German, French & Italian) with each their culture and specificities- and in term of activity. More, the results of this study seems to be in line with other studies and with the perception of the market the professionals have today. But I agree that this can be improve but at least it is a start and it made people react :-), and according to the interest this small study as generated, I have plan to conduct a biggest study this year with a more structured approach in the choice of the panel. To answer your last 2 points: No I haven't done it for other countries but again, visit the WA European index serie on <a href="http://webanalytics.wordpress.com/category/euro-wa-index/" rel="nofollow">OX2 weblog</a>, it's a good start. You're right, I couldn't see log analysers and as written in the "how it as been conducted" section, none solution class doesn't mean there is no solution at all. Thanks again for your comment, keep reading and disagree. ;-) Hello Pavel,
Thanks for reading and comment.
You might be right saying that 70 companies might be a small panel but not necessary irrelevant.
My first idea was to do the exercise for the 20 companies of the SWISS Index Market (SIM) as it is a trend actually (view the good job done by OX2 team on few European Index: http://webanalytics.wordpress.com/category/euro-wa-index/).
But starting my home work, I quickly realized that even if the exercise is not without interest, these companies are not necessary representative of the Swiss market.
I agree with you that only 70 companies might be a small panel but it is not necessary irrelevant. The companies I chosen are representative of the market in term of localization -don’t forget that Switzerland is a complicated market splitted in 3 main speaking areas (German, French & Italian) with each their culture and specificities- and in term of activity.
More, the results of this study seems to be in line with other studies and with the perception of the market the professionals have today.
But I agree that this can be improve but at least it is a start and it made people react :-), and according to the interest this small study as generated, I have plan to conduct a biggest study this year with a more structured approach in the choice of the panel.
To answer your last 2 points:
No I haven’t done it for other countries but again, visit the WA European index serie on <a href=”http://webanalytics.wordpress.com/category/euro-wa-index/” rel=”nofollow”>OX2 weblog</a>, it’s a good start.
You’re right, I couldn’t see log analysers and as written in the “how it as been conducted” section, none solution class doesn’t mean there is no solution at all.
Thanks again for your comment, keep reading and disagree. ;-)

]]> Comment on Web Analytics in Switzerland by Pavel http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/web-analytics-in-switzerland/#comment-33 Pavel Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:29:20 +0000 http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/web-analytics-in-switzerland/#comment-33 Hello, I will be other do you think that just 70 companies can make statitically significant sample? Because if you sort them into 9 categories, there is less than 8 in one. Therefore I think that those ratios or percentages are almost irrelevant! Or am I wrong? But otherwise, I know there is a lot of work behind these graphs :-) so, please, don't take my comment too serious. Did you study another country market as well? And another problem is that you could not see log analyzers, so I think these are hidden in your None solution class. Hello, I will be other
do you think that just 70 companies can make statitically significant sample? Because if you sort them into 9 categories, there is less than 8 in one. Therefore I think that those ratios or percentages are almost irrelevant!
Or am I wrong?
But otherwise, I know there is a lot of work behind these graphs :-) so, please, don’t take my comment too serious. Did you study another country market as well?
And another problem is that you could not see log analyzers, so I think these are hidden in your None solution class.

]]> Comment on Web Analytics in Switzerland by Jean-Marc Vandenabeele http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/web-analytics-in-switzerland/#comment-28 Jean-Marc Vandenabeele Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:20:20 +0000 http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/web-analytics-in-switzerland/#comment-28 Thanks for reading :-) Comments are always welcome and especially if you disagree with me... Thanks for reading :-)

Comments are always welcome and especially if you disagree with me…

]]> Comment on Web Analytics in Switzerland by Corporate Investigations http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/web-analytics-in-switzerland/#comment-27 Corporate Investigations Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:05:39 +0000 http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/web-analytics-in-switzerland/#comment-27 I was checking out your blog, I found this post while looking for corporate investigations information. Then I came across this post Friday titled useful although there is a lot of different views out there. I have added you to my digg acct. I was checking out your blog, I found this post while looking for corporate investigations information. Then I came across this post Friday titled useful although there is a lot of different views out there. I have added you to my digg acct.

]]> Comment on Webtrends in Software mode kills the consulting by Webtrends in Software mode kills the consulting http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/webtrends-in-software-mode-kills-the-consulting/#comment-25 Webtrends in Software mode kills the consulting Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:09:59 +0000 http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/webtrends-in-software-mode-kills-the-consulting/#comment-25 [...] Expert Blog Feed wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt Webtrends is one of the editor providing his web analytics software in both ASP and software mode. If a majority of companies chooses today the ASP service, for some others it is more interesting to have the software installed in house … [...] […] Expert Blog Feed wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
Webtrends is one of the editor providing his web analytics software in both ASP and software mode. If a majority of companies chooses today the ASP service, for some others it is more interesting to have the software installed in house … […]

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