Now that is not to say that the information in the links is not good stuff. It is stuff I liked reading but just did not want to write about.

One more thing before we get to the links, not all of them are or will be “new” links. They are just links that I have come across this week.

On to the links:

• Web Metrics Demystified at Occam’s Razor by Avinach Kaushik
• Web Analytics Demystified at Occam’s Razor by Avinach Kaushik
• Tips on How to Apply for a Blog Job at ProBloger by Darren Rowse
• Twitterfeed.com This is how new posts to my WordPress blog get posted to my Twitter feed so the people that are following it can see the new post.

Hope you enjoy the links. Drop me a comment and let me know what you think of the links and the idea of a Link Fun Friday.

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Feed Analysis v1.1 – No CSV File Upload Required

The application takes your FeedBurner feed information and gives you a set of dynamic and easy to understand data.

I find this a much easier way to get the information and to find out what the data is saying to me about the people that are subscribing to my feeds.

This is a free application that works fast. No sign up. All you need to do is to give it your feed information (they hold your hand on what information they need), and they give you a wonderful amount of information.

If you are using RSS on your WordPress blog, and why would you not, then this is a great way to get your FeedBurner information.

If you are not using FeedBurner to track your feeds you should be. Check out this post on how they have a great plugin that makes using them very easy.

What kind of Feed information do you look at, or any at all? Drop me a comment and let me know.

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Don’t know what RSS is? RSS is a type of XML file which includes content from a variety of websites and web services. It allows people to easily track new content being added on sites. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0).

Setting it up in WordPress is a snap. It is built in and most of the themes that are approved for WordPress 2.3 have it built in.

You should promote it on your site by using a well placed icon on the page as well as continuing to write good content (something you should be doing anyway).

I have seen sites that will add a header on a page or an article that will welcome you to the site if it is the first time you have been to it. I am not a fan of that. The times I have seen it done, it always looks intrusive to me.

For more information (and the site that gave me the idea to write this) go read Devlounge | How to Increase RSS Feed Subscribers

I hope this helps. Drop me a comment to let me know how your RSS feeds are doing, and if you do anything to help them.

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To start with, we have a solid lineup of videos taken on August 1st from our first ever Google Conversion University event. It was attended by 100+ representatives from major companies across all major verticals. Attendees got the chance to share ideas, meet with our team, and listen to some great presentations on optimizing their web analytics experiences. You will find those presentations, filmed live in August, now on YouTube. 

The list of subjects that are posted is impressive, and they say there will be more added as they continue to have more events.If you are an owner of a blog (WordPress or not), there is no better place to find out about who is coming to your blog. You not only know who is coming, but also what they are doing while they are there.The information in the videos is mostly for people that use Google’s Analytics product, however even if you do not use them you should check out the videos. It is free and easy to set up, and most of the information can be used with almost any analytic package.

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I love this blog and I love this service. If you are not using this you need to be. The code is easy to add, and the information you get back has really helped me target where my readers are coming from and what they are looking at.

That said, this brings us to one of the new features that Google has added to there analytics service.

We’ll begin a limited beta test of the new Google Analytics Event Tracking capability. These new reports are designed to help you understand how people use and interact with Ajax, Flash and multimedia on your site without artificially increasing your pageview metrics.

Once this has become a full service for all of us to use, the amount of new information we will get will be outstanding. Knowing how our readers are interacting with Flash and Multimedia and such will unlock a part of the user experience that we were in the dark about until now.

They have made some more annoucments in this post so go and take the time and read them for your self.

Are you using Google Analytics, or a different statistics application? Drop us a comment and let me know what you are using and how it works for you.

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