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Google Analytics adds more tracking features

Google Analytics adds more tracking featuresGoogle has quietly announced some new features for Analytics, its web tracking tool. They seem small, but these additional tracking features will provide much greater insight into what is going on your website since you can't always peer over visitors' shoulders to watch.

The updates include:
  • Site Search Tracking - Users will now be able to tell exactly what keywords visitors searched for on your site, and where these searches end up.
  • Event Tracking - Currently in a limited beta test, these website reports will show how users interact with various multimedia aspects on your site, including flash and Ajax without messing with pageview metrics.
  • Outbound link Tracking - Also in a limited beta test rolling out in the next few weeks, reports will show what links website visitors click on that direct them to an outside site.
If you have a website, and don't already have the free Google Analytics code installed, you are missing out on understanding how your visitors move around, how they interact with your content and how they got there in the first place. Google Analytics not only provides insight on how people navigate, but it also aids in targeting site content towards what people enjoy. It's easy to set up, free and Analytics reports are super simple to understand.

Filed under: Business, Developer, Internet, Security, Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Blogging, Web services, Freeware

GreatDB - a handy website information tool

GreatDBSometimes you just need to know a little bit more information about the site you're looking at. Maybe you're trying to decide if it's trustworthy, or maybe you're just a little bit (or too) curious. Well in any event, if you're looking to snoop, check out GreatDB.

Punching in a URL into GreatDB will bring back most of the following information: Whois, Site Age, Blacklisting Status, Language, Web Host, Ping Time, Pagerank, Alexa Rank, Backlinks, Search Engine Indexes, DMOZ Listings, Wayback Entries, Top 5 Keywords, Domain Extension Availability, and a Preview Image. Not bad considering all it takes is about 20 seconds of your time.

Probably the creepiest data point on the list is web host, which could be used nefariously to prey on hosting companies with weak security. But everything on the list is information that is publicly available if you know where to look, so it's hard to take issue with any of them.


Filed under: Internet, Text, Web services, Social Software

BookRevyoo: Social book reviews

book revyoo social book reviewBookRevyoo is a social book review community where books can be added and reviewed by members, and also rated. Books that users enter into the system are tagged with keywords relevant to the book, allowing easy categorization, and browsing. The built in RSS feature lets you keep track of user's comments on the book you might be thinking about reading. I look forward to watching this online social book review site develop, since they are currently in beta, I expect there will be a few more features added.

Filed under: Internet, Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Productivity, Mozilla

Master bookmark keywords in Firefox

Firefox and the art of keyword bookmarkingAdam Pash's latest "Hack Attack" column over at Lifehacker is a great guide to making the most of bookmark keywords in Firefox. In case you're not familiar, Firefox lets you assign keywords to your bookmarks which serve as shortcuts: For example, if you assign the keyword "dls" to your Download Squad bookmark, from then on you can just type "dls" in your address bar to get here. But if you're going for super-speed, you'll want something shorter, like just "d". Anyway, Pash's guide covers more than just that, of course, including quick searches (I'm up to 50, how 'bout you?) and a cool extension called OpenBook that streamlines this stuff even more. If you're a fan of keyboard shortcuts and are interested in speeding up your browsing in Firefox, don't miss this article.

Filed under: Fun, Internet, Google

Google Zeitgeist Results for July 10th 2006

google zeitgeistI love checking out Google's Zeitgeist results. You can really find some truly amazing top ranked search terms for the month, and even the week. I especially like to see if any of my searches actually made it for the top results for that particular month or week.

The results are in, and again, there are some pretty interesting ones. Drop a note in the comments and let us all know if you were one of the ones that added to the top seach queries for the list! .. i didn't hit any this week.

1. zidane
2. july 4th
3. pirates of the caribbean
4. benjamin hendrickson
5. ken lay
6. keira knightley
7. north korea
8. ufc
9. jack sparrow
10. H5N1
11. fabio cannavaro
12. orlando bloom
13. justin timberlake
14. laura l. findlay
15. emmy nominations

And PS.. What's with "justin timberlake" being on that list? Isn't he over and done with?

Filed under: Photo, Utilities, Features, Macintosh, Open Source

Imaging Tip of the Day: Keyword Assistant for iPhoto

keyword assistantIf you're an iPhoto fan or at least a user, but are less than thrilled with its UI for assigning keywords, check out today's freeware Imaging Tip: Keyword Assistant for iPhoto. Essentially, it's a simple little window (pictured) you can quickly call with a shortcut, which offers a much easier way of assigning keywords - especially more than one - to selected images. What happens if you start building an extensive set of keywords? No worries, as this assistant auto-completes and keeps track of your most used and recently used keywords. Pretty slick, and best of all: free! For added bonus points: the developer's code for this as well as his other apps (unless otherwise noted) has a Creative Commons license. Nice!

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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