Posted on January 21, 2010 by Trae Clevenger
Ben Gott of Search Engine Land provides a nice summary of two recent Econsultancy reports that analyze the web analytics market in the UK. My summary of his summary: The market is up. Spending is shifting from technology to staff. Google looks to be running over small paid-for competitors like a lorry (that’s a big [...]
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Posted on September 16, 2009 by Trae Clevenger
Adobe Acquires Omniture Customer engagement just got a kick in the pants. Adobe announced yesterday that it will buy Omniture for $1.8 billion. While a surprising development to some, Adobe was clear about its motivation… customer engagement optimization. For designers, developers and online marketers, an integrated workflow—with optimization capabilities embedded in the creation tools—will streamline [...]
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Posted on June 26, 2009 by Trae Clevenger
Just found the presentation below via a tweet from Avinash Kaushik, web analytics guru extraordinaire and Analytics Evangelist for Google. He says: One of the best landing page optimization and testing presentations I’ve read in a long time. I couldn’t agree more. Great thoughts from Scott Brinker. In fact, Scott’s presentation goes beyond analytics, with [...]
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Posted on June 10, 2009 by Dan Pereira
A couple of months ago I wrote about Web Site Optimization and the benefits of testing creative to drive higher response rates on your website. I left you with a question, Should marketers be focused on pure Quantity or the Quality of the leads generated via their landing pages? My response was ‘yes’! By leveraging [...]
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Posted on May 19, 2009 by Trae Clevenger
John Lovett of Forrester just posted a preview of his soon-to-be-published forecast for the Web Analytics market. He predicts change and growth. After a great perspective on recent market forces that have impeded growth, John writes: So where does that leave us? Luckily, the Web analytics industry is brimming with visionaries, advocates and enthusiasts who [...]
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Posted on May 15, 2009 by Dan Pereira
It’s been a week since eMetrics, San Jose which has given me time to reflect back on conference. The variety of topics pulled together by the group was truly amazing as there was something for everyone at all times. My biggest challenge, too many times I found myself struggling to select a session amongst the sessions competing for the same time.
eMetrics definitely lived up to it’s reputation and more importantly my expectations. Great speakers, great networking, and a great group of professionals showed up to talk about the latest and greatest in Measuring interactive, as well as the challenges they face everyday and the solutions they have come up with. The amazing high level of brilliant conversations throughout the week left me thinking about some core themes heard throughout the week.
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Posted on April 14, 2009 by Trae Clevenger
It’s being reported today that the European Commission has “opened an infringement proceeding” against the UK over Phorm‘s ad-serving technology. The Commission is freaked over the many privacy concerns that ISP-level behavioral targeting raises. Phorm, based in New York and London, has been in the news since it announced several months ago it was in [...]
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