links for 2005-11-19

• Bokardo » Blog Archive » Podcast of Web 2.0 Talk
  Interesting speech on web 2.0
  (tags: web2.0)
• XUL Apps > Tab Catalog - outsider reflex
  Excellent firefox extension to show thumbnails of your open tabs. I have been looking for something like that for quite a time. I just wish to be activated by hot spots
  (tags: firefox xul firefox+extension xpi)

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links for 2005-11-18

• Fravia’s web-searching lore: Main entrance
  Seems a great nice resource for people looking to develop proffesional searching skills. I think that I will use some of that material for an workshop on advanced queries
  (tags: research resources seo google searching reference)
• Discovery Health :: How to Get Started With Meditation
  Hmmm…this could be useful
  (tags: yoga meditation h health life stress)
• Bloug: 251 Slides
  Powerpoint for “Enterprise IA Seminar”
  (tags: ia information_architecture powerpoint)
• Where to Submit Internet or Marketing Articles Free : SEO Book.com
  List of sites to submit articles, I should use this list some time
  (tags: seo marketing)

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links for 2005-11-17

• Google Base Live, Accepting Content
  Comprehensive review of the new Google Product
  (tags: google google+base)
• Poking At Google Base
  Another indepth review of Google Base from Search Engine Watch
  (tags: google google+base)
• Official Google Blog: First Base
  Official announcement of Google Base.
  (tags: google googlebase google_base google+base)
• TechWeb: The Business Technology Network
  TechWeb’s Second Annual BLOGX Award is now in the final stage. My vote goes to TechCrunch
  (tags: blog blogging blogs)
• Eurekster Swicki Home
  Seems a nice tool, goin to give it a test ride
  (tags: search social tools web web2.0 searchengine socialsearch)
• The GrayHatNewsoSphere Web2.0 Beta Live | Gray Hat Search Engine News
  Funny view on Google Base launch BUT containg an interesting final ideea
  (tags: google google+base funny)
• Inside Google Sitemaps: More stats!
  The level on informations added seems pretty impressive and Google seems to be dedicated to help webmasters perform better
  (tags: google google+sitemaps)
• Submit your content to Google
  Google’s tips on submitting content to their index
  (tags: google seo)

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links for 2005-11-16

• vrypan|net|log » Google Analytics: is it a GoodThing ™?
  Nice post which made remind me the real difference between Google Analytics and server side stats
  (tags: google google+analytics)
• Google Analytics - Useless Junk
  Negative views on Google Analytics from an ex user of Urchin
  (tags: google+analytics google)
• Google Analytics Is Sloooooow
  More points on why Google Analytics is “evil”
  (tags: google google+analytics)
• so this is mass communication?: motivations for posting
  I never new that there were scientific approaches to study blogger behaviours. Here is a good point of view
  (tags: blogging research reward+systems)
• TIMELINE — Dan Li’s Blog: Why I Blog?
  Another post on the reward system of bloggers
  (tags: blogging reward+systems)

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Web Metrics

I will call today the Web Metrics day :).

Google Analytics just started showing data and at the first look it seems pretty impressive. What I liked in the first clicks was seeing visitors cities but the features go way beyond that.

And also today I received access to the private alpha of Measure Map. When I found out on Monaday about Google Analytics, I was sad for Measure Map guys for loosing the market. Now after I have installed and tested a litlle their scripts, I saw that there is no need to worry for them. Even though both are focused on web metrics, none of the services will ever compete with complete server side logs and most important they target different users.

Measure Map using a simple design, usefull blogging features and a natural language will be more appealing to the bloggers while Google Analytics will be used more by proffesional marketers and webmasters.

I see no reason why those 2 products could not hapilly coexist on the web metrics market.

Additional readings:

• Solution Watch - A look at Measure Map
• Techcrunch - (Just a bit) More on Measure Map
• Jeffrey Veen - Welcome to Measure Map

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Google Analytics

Google Analytics Urchin FAQ

Originally uploaded by Digital Inspiration (labnol.blogspot.com).

Still flat line after more than 24h…Hmmm they should have put it in BETA. This way people wouldn’t feel confused

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Dumb

I can’t believe this. The Greasemonkey extension for Firefox is not compatible with the 1.5 release. I would have understood that if it was a less used extension…but Greasemonkey?

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Identity 2.0

Excellent keynote by Dick Hardt on Identity 2.0. Even though you might not be interested in the subject it’s a great presentation model. Worths 15 minutes of your time

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