Professional Documents
Culture Documents
of
Customer
Metrics
Introduc*on
to
digital
measurement
for
public
sector
web
managers
GSA
Web
Manager
University
Alex
Langshur,
President
TwiFer:
@alangshur
PublicInsite
Inc.
November
3/3,
2010
PublicInsite.com
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Common
ques1ons
What
should
I
measure?
What
should
I
track
to
help
me
understand
the
eec*veness
of
my
ini*a*ves
and
op*mize
the
value
across
each
channel?
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Session subject
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Session subject
Speed
introduc1ons
Introduce
yourself
to
the
person
next
to
you
Someone
you
dont
know
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About
PublicInsite
A
leading
web
analy*cs
&
search
engine
op*miza*on/marke*ng
(SEO)
rm
Experts
in
WebTrends,
Google
Analy*cs,
Urchin,
NetInsight
etc.
Google
Analy*cs
Cer*ed
Partner,
Yahoo
Web
Analy*cs
Network
Partner,
Google
Adwords
Qualied
&
Yahoo
Search
Marke*ng
Ambassadors
2. 3. 4.
Clear sense of the immediate, prac*cal next steps you can take with your analy*cs data and measurement metrics Learn new ways to present and communicate analy*cs data Have fun
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Saskatchewan
Log File 1
California
web server 2
Florida
Maine
web server 3
Quebec
web server 4
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Drawbacks
Log
les
can
be
huge,
par*cularly
for
popular
content
rich
sites
Parameter
dense
URLs
are
complex
to
analyse
Caching
(browser
and
proxy)
these
never
make
it
to
the
logs!
Combining
les
from
mul*ple
servers
in
many
loca*ons
Benets
Virtually
no
implementa*on
eort
Tracks
everything
all
le
types,
all
visitor
types,
all
pages
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web server
/images/tracking/pagetag.gif
script, sends image request (along with appended data) to server specified in script (collection point)
3
Data collection point
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Drawbacks
Reliance
on
Javascript
and
cookies
(neither
of
which
may
work!)
Tag
implementa*on:
every
page
and
can
be
complex
(data
loss)
Not
all
visits
captured
(e.g.
SE
spiders),
nor
all
le
types
(e.g.
PDF)
Benets
Track
Flash
les
and
much
more
suited
for
e-commerce
Improved
accuracy:
tracking
clicks,
defeats
caching
issues
Quicker
data
repor*ng:
can
be
in
near
to
real
*me
if
desired
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Understanding
sessioniza1on:
Session:
the
sequence
of
pages
seen
by
one
visitor
during
their
visit
Sessioniza*on:
process
used
to
iden*fy
and
group
ac*ons
associated
with
a
visitor.
Op*ons
are:
least accurate IP
Address,
IP+Agent:
(Basic)
technique
fraught
with
inaccuracies
Session
cookie
/
ID:
(Be@er)
cannot
track
visitors
from
one
visit
to
the
next
(all
visitors
appear
as
new)
Persistent
cookie:
(S*ll
be@er)
enables
measurement
of
visitors
(as
repeat,
new,
or
unique)
User
login:
(Best)
Same
benets
as
persistent
cookies,
but
not
prac*cal
for
many
sites
most accurate
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Key
issues
Proxy
servers
can
turn
thousands
of
visitors
into
1
undercoun*ng!
IP
addresses
can
change
mid-session
(e.g.
AOL)
overcoun*ng!!
Masking/anonymizing
of
IP
addresses
Limita*ons
Many:
numbers
are
suspect,
but
trends
generally
are
OK
Path
analysis,
unique
visitors,
*me
based
analysis
virtually
impossible
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A unique, randomly generated number (the cookie) is placed in the log to enable tracking of the visitor should they return
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Session
cookies
Dies
ager
the
session
ends:
if
a
visitor
returns
to
the
site
ager
ending
a
session,
they
are
considered
to
be
a
new
visitor
New
visitors
are
over
counted
and
session
*meouts
become
an
issue
Persistent
cookies
Survive
for
predetermined
period
on
machine,
enabling
sessioniza*on
to
occur
over
dimension
of
TIME.
Provides
unique
visitors,
repeat
visitors,
recency,
frequency,
path
analysis
and
steps
to
conversion
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In
either
case:
There
is
a
degrada*on
in
the
data,
the
amount
of
which
depends
on
Degree
of
reliance
on
cookies;
If
analy*cs
sogware
requires
cookies
for
sessioniza*on
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parameter
value
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4. Bounce
rate
Rise
or
fall
of
number
of
1
page
visits
(heavily
inuenced
by
site
architecture)
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Try
to
integrate
visit
quality
into
analyses
At
the
macro
level,
visit
trends
and
scale
are
more
important
than
the
actual
number
Actual
numbers
take
precedence
at
the
micro
level
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Impact
of
non-humans
Site
mirroring
Public
sector
sites
frequently
focus
of
third
party
mirrors
with
huge
page
view
impact
Suspect
visitors
Drama*c
rise
in
repeated
1:1
ra*o
visits
from
Asia
&
eastern
Europe
Cumula*ve
impact
(remember
the
Long
Tail!)
can
be
substan*al
Internal
visitors
Can
be
huge
source
of
high
page
view
trac.
Are
they
in
or
out?
The answer is
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A
simple
thing
to
do
Sort
host
trac
by
page
views
instead
of
visits
Simple
step
immediately
brings
to
the
fore
hosts
that
have
are
likely
non-human
Glance
at
*me
online
reveals
their
impact
on
average
visit
dura*on
These 6 hosts = 15.5% of page views But less than 0.1% of visits
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Ogen
from
eastern
Europe
(.ro,
.hu,
.bg),
Russia
(.ru)
and
Asia
(.cn)
Visit
day
ager
day
ager
day
Numbers
can
begin
to
really
add
up
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Be
suspicious
of
averages
Averages
imply
a
normal
distribu*on
curve
Mean
and
the
median
are
=
Over
reliance
on
averages
(especially
if
non-humans
havent
been
removed)
can
lead
to
incorrect
interpreta*on
and
possibly
bad
decision
making
Consider
using
frac*ons
or
%
of
total
visits
For
example:
%
of
visitors
who:
Spent
2
4
minutes
on
the
site
View
2
4
pages
on
the
site
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30% of visits are less than 1 minute: what is their value? 50% visits 2 minutes or less
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If you want to eat breakfast with the morning sun coming in the window, make sure you build your house with the breakfast nook facing east
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Sites include public sector, non-profit, and education sectors, and range in visit volume from 10 million pg views/mth down to 100,000 pg views/ mth
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The Search Results Page (SERP): Ground Zero in the competitive marketplace of ideas The journey of discovery starts here... ... And moves to here Paid ranking
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Benchmarks
Benchmarks = perspective
Understand potential audience size Performance relative to peers against key metrics Excellent free sources include:
Google Analytics Compete.com Quantcast.com Index.fireclick.com Your analytics vendor
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Compete.com
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Visibility
Visibility
Referrer analysis Keyword research Search Engine Optimization Marketing outreach
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Referrer
analysis
Referrer
The
URL
that
sent
the
visitor
to
your
site
Ask
yourself:
What
are
the
trends?
What
is
the
propor*on
of
one
type
of
referrer
to
the
other?
Is
the
quality
of
trac
dierent
from
one
to
the
other?
Bounce
rate,
*me
on
site,
exit
rates,
etc.
Do
goals
change
by
referrer?
Sources:
Search
engines
Email
newsle@ers
Direct
access
Oine
campaign
Referring
Web
sites:
Wikis
Press
releases
Social
media
(blogs,
Tweets,
etc.)
Other
Web
sites
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Referrer analysis
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Keyword
analysis
What
keywords
did
people
use
in
search
engines
that
resulted
in
visits
to
your
site?
You
can
learn
about:
Whats
popular
on
your
site?
Visitor
intent
Type
and
syntax
of
words
Noun
versus
verbs
Adjec*ves
used
Trend the use of keywords. Identify seasonality you can use to advantage. Uncover unmet needs that your site may be attracting but are not currently fulfilling. High conversion micro-segments.
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How good your content is at drawing trac How op*mized your site is to draw search engine trac Improve content alignment
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Tens of thousands of keywords are they telling you anything, and if so what and how do you figure it out?
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We rarely to look beyond here but there is important stuff out here
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Our
approach
Reverse
engineer
the
Informa*on
Architecture
(IA)
Tag
and
categorize
by
main
IA
branch
Most
will
be
obvious
Many
will
be
ambiguous
Some
should
be
dumped
Consistency
is
key!
Categorizer
must
be
very
familiar
with
the
organiza*on
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Alignment
What is our alignment to the audience and its needs (audience segmentation): Are we reaching the right audience? Are we tracking the right audience? Can we segment, and if so, how? Culture, location, sector, demographic
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Segment
by
loca*on
Dierences
in
behavior
ogen
*ed
to
geography
(and
DC
impact
is
likely
quite
high)
Segment by behavior
Visitors who look at more 5 pages/visit, or spend 3 mins/visit, or look at key pages
Segment
by
alia*on
Visitors
with
common
alia*on
reect
group
behaviors
and
needs
that
dis*nguish
them
from
the
rest
(e.g.
Post-secondary
students,
K-12,
government,
etc.)
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Tapping the Potential of Web Analytics for Public Sector and Non-Profit Sites 2009 Web Analytics Association
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Things
to
consider
Are
interna*onal
visitors
among
your
key
target
audiences?
The
decision
yes
or
no
should
be
one
of
commission
not
omission
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Intensity framework
Intensity
What is the change in key performance indicators (KPIs) for visits? Wide range of KPIs to choose from:
Page views/visit, average visitor duration Visits/unique visitor, recency, repeat visit rate User generate content volume Bounce / exit rate Related links click-throughs/visit Completed videos/visit
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But
campaigns,
events,
news
and
other
external
factors
can
drive
up
specic
pages
NOTE:
For
campaigns,
we
speak
of
LANDING
PAGES
Impact
from
SEO
is
very
big
too
Key ques1ons when looking at these indicators: Is anything way out of normal If so, is there an underlying cause? Campaign Home page feature External referrer? Is there an issue that requires a@en*on?
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Exit
pages
Some
pages
are
des*na*ons.
Exit
is
expected.
Contact
us
Downloads
Sign-up
complete
Sent
an
email
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Keep
in
mind
Use
of
government
sites
is:
Episodic
(ling
income
taxes,
get
a
license
form,
pay
a
ne)
Periodic
(visit
museum
website,
travel
advisories
abroad)
Con*nuous
(weather
site,
government
phone/contact
book)
What
ma@ers
Awareness
and
ability
to
nd
the
site
when
the
need
arises
Ease
of
use
and
degree
to
which
expecta*ons
are
fullled
Key
stakeholders
that
are
targeted
are
making
use
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Conversion measurement
Conversions
How are value events performing?
Drive to site inititatives Email sign-ups RSS feeds and click-throughs Key content downloads (policies, podcasts, etc.) AJAX, Flash events (e.g. video starts, widget usage) Send to a friend, print page Social tags, bookmarking Satisfaction survey results
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Email campaigns launched without tagging links Look like direct access visits. in the email, each Impact of layout on clicks? with a separate code. PPC campaigns launched without tagging links Indis*nguisable from organic trac. on the ad. Cannot tell which category is most Mul*ple ads on YellowPages.com eec*ve trac driver. all link to the home page. Looks like direct access. Oine campaign without a Onsite search data may help. unique and memorable URL.
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TV, print is about same Radio is much less Magazine is much more Internet is slightly more
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Time
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The mix of media you will purchase Your media spend strategy When you will be in the market The target market (demo / geo)
The goal of a measurement plan is to enable you to understand which media (was it the TV spot or the billboard?) that sent a visitor your the website. Ideally developed at same >me as media plan
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media
plan
strategies
address
*ming,
channels,
budget,
frequency,
target
audience,
etc.
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#2
A
measurement
plan
Maps
to
the
media
plan
and
outlines
how
you
will
track
each
channel.
Has
three
main
elements
Unique
iden*ers
to
be
assigned
to
each
media
element
URL,
1-8XX
number,
keyword,
email
address,
code
Maps out the geographic dimension Syncs up the *ming between channels to evaluate impact over *me
The
media
plan
and
measurement
plan
are
co-dependant
and
must
be
developed
at
the
same
*me
Media
plan
developed
in
absence
of
measurement
plan
=
SADNESS
Media
plan
developed
in
conjunc*on
with
measurement
plan
=
BLISS
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Remember
parameters?
www.canada.gc.ca/ac*on?source=La*mes&medium=printdaily&campaign=funding_campaign
parameter
value
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The
measurement
variables:
The
loca1on
The
geographic
market
you
target
with
out-of-home
adver*sing
Can
use
a
URL
that
is
geography
specic
that
redirects
via
parameters
www.mmm.com/safeglass
redirects
to
www.mmm.com/scg/index.htm?loca*on=on
www.mmm.com/secureglass
redirects
to
www.mmm.com/scg/index.htm?loca*on=bc
Or
simply
run
your
ads
in
widely
dispersed
markets
and
use
geoloca*on
tools
to
track
visits
Geoloca*on
while
not
perfect
is
pre@y
darn
good,
and
provides
city
level
detail
that
you
can
use
to
correlate
back
to
the
adver*sing
channel
-
but
only
if
youve
made
sure
to
phase
your
spend
in
each
market
by
media
over
*me
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The
measurement
variables:
The
keyword
Use
copy
that
promotes
keywords!
You
can
choose
keywords
that
are
unusual
and
unlikely
to
be
used
by
others.
Feature
them
prominently
in
the
call
to
ac*on/tag
Make
sure
your
site
is
well
SEOd
for
those
words
(buy
AdWords
if
you
arent
ab-sa-looot-ely
sure
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We
dont
use
(social
media)
to
sell
or
market.
We
look
at
the
comments
to
get
a
general
sense
of
customer
commitment.
- Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com
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Engagement
Are
there
ac*ons/reac*ons
from
the
crowd
in
response
to
your
eorts/issues/ programs/organiza*on/
etc.?
Support
/
Advocacy
Clear
expressions
of
people
ac*vely
promo*ng
your
point
of
view/perspec*ve
Sen*ment
In
sum,
what
is
the
opinion
of
the
crowd
and
how
is
it
expressed?
Return
On
budget/investment/spend
some
tangible
demonstra*on
of
value
derived
from
the
eort
expended
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Conversion/outcome
indicators
Have
I
learned
enough
to
want
to
nd
out
more?
Do
I
feel
strongly
enough
to
want
what
you
are
providing
On
page
events
such
as
click-throughs,
downloads,
*me
on
site,
pages
viewed,
sign-ups
etc.
If
your
SM-based
content
has
been
tagged
bonus!
Much
more
trackable
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Type of social media channel Social networking Social media sharing Social knowledge Social news Social bookmarking
Example Facebook, MySpace YouTube, Flickr, Slideshare Wikipedia, TripAdvisor Digg, Twi@er, Reddit, Blogs StumbledUpon, Delicious
Categorize
your
current
sources
of
trac
to
give
you
a
sense
of
what
is
the
nature
of
social
media
involvement
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Passive interest # fans/friends/followers # page views, visits, *me onsite # RSS subscribers # *me on site # faves # video views Ra*ngs (videos, images) # photos posted
Ac1ve interest # hashtags, # Tweets # Blog pos*ngs Trend & # in share this # Comments # of social bookmarks # Search volume # social media referrals
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How the crowd categorizes and perceives your content / role is reected in the organic taxonomies and number of related bookmarks
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Measureable
ReTweets (number , frequency & clicks) User generated content Volume, frequency, type, incidence of re-purposing Can be on or off site, e.g. comments section of newspaper Net promoter score
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Machine
analysis
50,000
conversa1ons
scored
by
machine
84%
neutral
or
passive;
11%
posi1ve;
5%
nega1ve
Human
analysis
23%
of
conversa1ons
were
irrelevant
Of
the
remaining,
30%
were
neutral
or
passive
(54%
dierence);
and
63%
were
posi1ve
(52%
dierence)
See:
Dont
trust
automated
sen*ment
scoring
(h@p:// bit.ly/9j2bgV)
Syncapse
Guerilla
experiment
on
sen*ment
analysis
(h@p://bit.ly/cFzAuS)
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KD
Paine
recommends
that
in
the
absence
of
a
tool,
you
need
to
measure
sen*ment
manually
Take
a
random
sample
vs.
census
(every
10th
comment)
Categorize
the
comments
into
topics
and
ascribe
sen*ment
to
each
Making
and
observa*on
Expressing
support
Oering
/
pushing
an
opinion
Making
a
sugges*on
Asking
a
ques*on
Expressing
cri*cism
Adver*sing
or
self
promo*on
(usually
includes
a
link)
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Adding
addi*onal
informa*on
to
the
URL
allows
us
to
iden*fy
the
visitor
when
they
come
to
our
site,
to
measure
the
social
media
campaign
?source_var=TwiFer&medium_var=BannerLink&campaign_var=NewSocialMediaCampaignID
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TwiFer
example
Visitor
sees
your
Twi@er
post
Visitor
clicks
your
Tiny
URL
Tiny
URL
invisibly
receives
the
URL
informa*on
Tiny
URL
translates
the
compressed
URL
Tiny
URL
seamlessly
forwards
the
visitor
to
your
site
as
if
they
had
gone
directly
to
your
site
The
original
full
length
URL
of
your
new
landing
page
displays
in
the
visitors
browser
address
bar
The
addi*onal
informa*on
about
which
social
media
link
click
brought
the
visitor
to
your
site
is
registered,
and
associated
with
this
visit
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0%
10%
20%
30%
all others
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
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Smartphone sales
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Mobile
applica*ons
expected
to
generate
$6.2B
in
sales
in
2010
and
grow
to
$30B
by
end
of
2013.
Gartner
news
release,
Jan
2010
eBay
did
US$1.5
billion(!!)
via
its
mobile
channel
to
date
in
2010
Bob
Page,
VP
Analy*cs,
eMetrics
Keynote
2010
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You
wake
up
and
check
your
email
on
your
bedside
iPad
thats
one
app.
During
breakfast
you
browse
Facebook,
Twi@er,
and
The
New
York
Times
three
more
apps.
On
the
way
to
the
oce,
you
listen
to
a
podcast
on
your
smartphone.
Another
app.
At
work,
you
scroll
through
RSS
feeds
in
a
reader
and
have
Skype
and
IM
conversa*ons.
More
apps.
At
the
end
of
the
day,
you
come
home,
make
dinner
while
listening
to
Pandora,
play
some
games
on
Xbox
Live,
and
watch
a
movie
on
Ne}lixs
streaming
service.
Youve
spent
the
day
on
the
Internet
but
not
on
the
Web.
And
you
are
not
alone.
Chris
Anderson
&
Michael
Wol
Wired
Magazine,
August
17
2010
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3. Growth
of
Android
Mobile
web
does
not
require
apps
for
each
pla}orm
4. Findability
A
lot
of
search
via
mobile
(for
which
you
can
op*mize)
and
be
present
for
impulse
buys
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7. Links
The
deep
linking
of
the
web
is
not
currently
possible
on
an
app
8. No
approval
process!!!
The
Apple
approval
black
box
can
be
mys*fying
9. HTML5
Promises
to
deliver
rich,
dynamic
and
measurable
web
experiences
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BUT
Will
create
more
load
for
the
web
servers
Might
not
always
be
compa*ble
with
exis*ng
tag
implementa*ons
Par*cularly
if
you
are
pushing
the
tags
to
deliver
a
lot
of
custom
informa*on
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0.60%
mobile visits as % total visits
159 160
100,000
0.50%
80,000
0.40%
60,000
0.30%
40,000
0.20%
20,000
0.10%
0.00%
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Total mobile page views Max % of mobile page views Min % of mobile page views
0.35%
200,000
0.28%
150,000
0.21%
100,000
0.14%
50,000
0.07%
0.00%
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Mobile
visitors
are
more
likely
to
search
using
longer
keywords,
typically
indica1ng
more
specic
query
requests
(on
average
28%
more
characters).
They
obviously
will
take
the
1me
to
type
a
detailed
and
specic
query.
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The premise of the cluetrain manifesto is that organiza*ons have been blind to the sea change the Internet represents, desperately clinging to methods that worked wonders in the broadcast era but that are radically unproduc*ve online.
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Our
experience
Good
ol
fashioned
paper
has
loooong
shelf
life
Two
pages
tops,
full
color,
nice
stock,
easy
to
hand
out
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Provide
interpreta*on
Numbers
and
graphs
dont
speak
for
themselves.
You
must
add
your
analysis
and
this
must
be
in
plain,
easy
to
understand
language
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Further
informa1on
For
more
informa*on,
case
studies
and
updates
visit
www.publicinsite.com
Or
contact:
Alex
Langshur,
President
alangshur@publicinsite.com
Twi@er:
@alangshur;
#measuregov
tel:
781
874-0250
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