Category Archives: google analytics

A brief review of blog traffic for the past year

I don’t pay as much attention to blog traffic for FML as I probably should. I know there are a lot of things I could improve if I paid more attention to the various details. Instead, I tend to look … Continue reading

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Google Talk embedded in GMail: I like it!

I’ve praised Google in the past for many of their easy to use, free services. Among these are GMail, Google Talk, Google Maps, Google Earth, and Google Analytics. I especially like the fact that these services, already good to begin … Continue reading

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This blog highlighted by Answers.com

Once a day I try to check site traffic reports from Google Analytics, looking especially for new and interesting geographic origins for visitors to this site. One of the pieces of this free service from Google is a summary of … Continue reading

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Blog visitors: some interesting facts and figures [Updated]

I’ve been using Google Analytics since mid-November 2005 to gain some knowledge about who visits this blog, how much traffic it generates, and from where. It’s not a perfect tool but hey, it’s free and it’s easy to use. I’ve … Continue reading

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Opening yourself up to the world

There is still a lot of debate about the usefulness and longevity of blogs. I can see both sides, i.e. that blogs can be dangerous, erroneous, harmful; and that blogs can be very beneficial, informative, and useful. One aspect to … Continue reading

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Lecture @ UIUC GSLIS

Yesterday I was able to go to UIUC GSLIS at the invitation of Kathie and Bill Henderson to speak to their Technical Services Functions class. (This is the same class that I teach in online form in UIUC GSLIS’s LEEP … Continue reading

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