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Good point! Uploading via FTP is definitely alien to a lot of people out there. I hadn’t thought of that.

Stephen

While I understand your comment about the plug-in, there are some people who might be intidimated about the idea of inserting the coding in the footer.php for fear of messing up. There are people who are brand new at this sort of stuff and a plug-in might help them breathe a little easier. Fortunately I knew how to put the code in but my comment above was more of curiosity, wondering if the plug-in had features that the Google Analytics program did not have. That’s what I was curious about.

Have a great day!

stephen

Thanks! I put the Google Analytics code just before the in the footer.php and it’s now collecting data. We shall see how this goes.

Just one other question that wasn’t answered in my post. I’m just curious to see what you have to say about Google Analyaticator. Is it better to use the plug in or just use the Google Analytics code? And if one were to use the plug-in, if he/she decided to deactivate and/or delete the plug-in, does that mean all the coding will automatically be deleted for Google Analaytics?

Stephen

Question: How and where do I put the Google Analytics code?

And as for the Google plug-ins, which one is compatible with WP Version 2.3? I saw on the list of compatible plug=ins soemthing called Google Analyaticator. Did anyone like it? If something is wrong with it, and I remove the plug in, will it also remove any codes that it put on the different pages of my blog? I would be concerned about whether the deleting of this kind of plug in would leave behind bits and pieces of coding on different pages.

Any advice?

Stephen

After i bought it i had a few question and the support from these guys was great with response in little under two hours.

Although there is no ajax support it is a feature they look to be adding for an up and coming release. The roadmap for basil seems fast paced and if the turnover of features is as quick as their response time for support then this app is sure to be a diamond in the rough… …an absolute must have.

In basil we trust!!!

so : All Reports : Marketing Optimization: All Reports: Visitor Segment Performance: Referring Source

Google Analytics shows more than 5 referrals… under ‘All Reports’ go to Visitor Segment Performance and then choose Referring Source… you can see up to 500 there!

Before you install Landing sites you may want to read this – I feel out of love with it

Well put: “WordPress engagement plugins”. I’ve just got to try a couple of these, like the search engine landing recommendations, or the “posts other readers just visited” one.

Ok, this list is definitely going on my Dream Catcher to possibly attack this weekend.

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FYI, a bit off topic here, but that Dream Catcher concept is part of Simpleology, the most effective system for getting organized and getting things actually DONE that I’ve ever tried, and it was free too.

I’m an idea guy – dozens upon dozens a day – Jennifer has the ability to actually get things DONE. but since we both started using Simpleology a year ago, I’m 5 times as effective as I’ve ever been.

Our friend Edward Mills at EvolvingTimes.com has a great writeup on it if anyone’s interested. Check out our comment below his post for our full experiences with it:
http://evolvingtimes.com/2006/12/30-day-trial-for-simpleology-and-a-new-email-system.htm

Have an awesome day!
Dan

Some good stuff has come up in the pimps in the forum on driving traffic. This post might have a few ideas to try

Here’s a wrap-up of the analytics tools we use – and what we use each one for. They all have their own distinct purpose…

Yes, this may be overkill for most folks, but each tool has it’s own strengths. We don’t compare them to each other as they all drop packets (you’ll make yourself go nuts that way), but for long term tracking we always check Google Analytics – that way the deviation from real traffic is consistent, and it’s the trends that are so critical.

1. Google Analytics (awesome tool for aggregate metrics, great for tracking reader activity, traffic sources, traffic conversions, etc),

2. StatCounter (best for real-time daily stats checking – ideally we don’t do too much of that),

3. MyBlogLog (shows you which of your own links were clicked and how often – very powerful) – not to mention the SOOO powerful networking side effect

4. and as of recently http://www.103bees.com (good representation of keywords, phrases, and questions leading people to your site)

5. AWStats comes with our web hosting account so we do use it somewhat – but I’m not too fond of this or the other host-based tools. They’re focused mostly on file hits and stuff, not “marketer metrics”, which is what you’ll really want to focus on. BUT it does show you cool stuff like search engine bot hits and direct referrals from each search engine in a nice format.

6. and of course Feedburner RSS stats

We (ok, really Jennifer – being the organized, read: grounded person that she is), consolidate our stats weekly to know where we are compared to previous weeks, determine what worked best and what didn’t and figure out how to approach the following week.

Same for our AdSense and all affiliate performance metrics for the week, so we know what to try the next week to “beat the control”.

We’re still trying to figure out how to increase our page views per visitor beyond what it is now… after all with 2k visitors a day, there’s a huge potential difference in monetization when you consider 2 hits/visitor vs. 6 hits per visitor.

Added “related posts” at the bottom of each post, also all the plugins to increase comments help. But we’re still hovering around 2.x pages per visitor.

* Do you guys have any ideas on what we could try there that we’re not already doing? *

Have an awesome day!
Dan

But, is it working well now? You definitely have a lot more traffic today than you did a month back, except when you got on digg.

The new version of Mint doesn’t even seem to be creating any additional server load. I don’t think that mint was the problem before though – I think the other problems on my server were affecting mint.

Reinvigorate and Mint sure looks cool. Have applied and see if I can get an invitation to Reinvigorate.

I just use the combination of Google Analytics and Awstats on my server. I know – pretty basic stuff – but that’s what I use. I am going to check out Reinvigorate now though I think.

Later!