http://www.fatpurple.com/2010/03/06/your-website-numbers-are-lying-to-you/ Web Design, Information Architecture, Usability, Marketing, Software Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.fatpurple.com/2010/03/06/your-website-numbers-are-lying-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-341 5 Tools to Quickly Measure a Website’s Popularity : FatPurple Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:17:35 +0000 http://www.fatpurple.com/?p=181#comment-341 [...] I also recently wrote about the discrepancies and inconsistencies between these tools. This may also be of interest – Your Website Numbers are Lying to You. [...] [...] I also recently wrote about the discrepancies and inconsistencies between these tools. This may also be of interest – Your Website Numbers are Lying to You. [...]

]]> http://www.fatpurple.com/2010/03/06/your-website-numbers-are-lying-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Most Popular NFL Team Websites (and Least Popular) : FatPurple Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:31:47 +0000 http://www.fatpurple.com/?p=181#comment-20 [...] The numbers generally reflect the 2nd half of the 2009-2010 NFL season. As I’ve talked about here, Alexa and other traffic ranking providers can be pretty inaccurate.  But I needed some metrics to [...] [...] The numbers generally reflect the 2nd half of the 2009-2010 NFL season. As I’ve talked about here, Alexa and other traffic ranking providers can be pretty inaccurate.  But I needed some metrics to [...]

]]> http://www.fatpurple.com/2010/03/06/your-website-numbers-are-lying-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-9 VinOne Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:42:38 +0000 http://www.fatpurple.com/?p=181#comment-9 I found that Google Analytics just isn't worth using for total numbers. I look to it more for trends, referral traffic, etc. When looking at it for percentage trending and conversions it's a great tool. I've seen cases where on a particular day one of my adsense ads on a page actually generate more impressions than the page recorded views. I found that Google Analytics just isn’t worth using for total numbers. I look to it more for trends, referral traffic, etc. When looking at it for percentage trending and conversions it’s a great tool. I’ve seen cases where on a particular day one of my adsense ads on a page actually generate more impressions than the page recorded views.

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