Comments on: still no analytics https://darcynorman.net/2011/03/08/still-no-analytics/ no more band-aids Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:14:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Samplings from March 9th | Sample the Web https://darcynorman.net/2011/03/08/still-no-analytics/#comment-199859 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:02:33 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2011/03/08/still-no-analytics/#comment-199859 […] Shared still no analytics. […]

]]> By: alQpr » Blog Archive » no analytics :-) , no conversation :-( https://darcynorman.net/2011/03/08/still-no-analytics/#comment-199858 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:17:46 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2011/03/08/still-no-analytics/#comment-199858 […] blog blog analytics issue means little to me as I am here mainly to clarify my own thoughts rather than to find an audience, […]

]]> By: dnorman https://darcynorman.net/2011/03/08/still-no-analytics/#comment-199846 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:33:01 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2011/03/08/still-no-analytics/#comment-199846 the referrer lists in Urchin are too noisy to be of any use – too many spam factories listed in there. signal:noise is low.

I’ve always left trackbacks enabled (even when comments were disabled). I get so few of them that they really don’t do much. People generally don’t post things as blog posts anymore, but tweet instead. That was one thing I wanted to experiment with when the comments were disabled – would trackbacks change at all? nope. that kind of distributed blog conversation has basically vanished.

]]> By: Scott Leslie https://darcynorman.net/2011/03/08/still-no-analytics/#comment-199845 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:07:20 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2011/03/08/still-no-analytics/#comment-199845 No referrers? I assume you get that from the urchin logs. This is the key to me – analytics, when it comes to being a blogger, has NEVER been for me about scale. It’s always been about unearthing new connections. Trackbacks (which you presumably still get) are one piece, comment links another, the last for me being referrer logs.

]]> By: colin flaherty https://darcynorman.net/2011/03/08/still-no-analytics/#comment-199844 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:15:09 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2011/03/08/still-no-analytics/#comment-199844 i feel you: there are an infinite number of stats you could track. the key is picking out a few with meaning. how many people visited on sunday from miami after 5 o’clock is probably not worthwhile.

how people find you, then what they do in time and bounce when they get there could be useful, even to a writer. especially to a writer.

from a San Diego public relations guy

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