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10/3/2005 6:38:26 PM
Hi Bryan; It could be a problem with your computer, but I suspect more likely it's a problem with the old ad page. I noticed that sometimes it takes a while to load. Here's the link so you can try again if you like. OLD: http://interking.com/ads/magickidscloth.htm NEW: http://www.Debs-Kids.com : ) Linda
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Re: Before and After #1 - Making Miracles at Adland. : )
10/3/2005 6:52:45 PM
Note that this is a double post. I followed Winston :) Hello Winston, I trust that Linda will excuse me for answering this one. I am Linda's cohort so to speak. Husband, business partner, chief cook and sometimes bottle washer. (Yes I do the cooking most of the time!) In regards to the stats for the new web site. We are hosting this on our servers and as such as a part of the overall project I am watching the stats on the site. With our hosting we include some very dynamic stats tracking that is updated on the fly. I am able to see who came to the site, where they came from, what page they entered on, what page they exited from and everything in between. I am able to distingush between new unique viweres vs return viewers. I have the ability to track countires and ISPs that people visit from. I also have the ability to track when a search bot visits and which bots visit the site. I can even tell how many people added the site to their bookmarks. With the various stas reporting tools we include woth hosting I can understand what is working and happening with the site and that allows us to tweak any marketing and conversion plans as we go. I prefer to use these types of real time stats, as if there is ever a problem on the internet route between the third party stats server and our server then those stats will be lost and they do not have the intense tracking ability that we get with a resident stats program. This isn't to say that statcounter.com isn't a good tool, as we have used it as well, it just doest not present the same amount of detail and there are some problems, other than being off site as mentioned above, that users can get confused by. For instance, when you place the tracking code on your web page, if the viewer does not allow the page to fully load before clicking on another link, then the page load will not be counted by the reporting software as the tracking code was not loaded into the browser. This can happen more with repeat visits when people re-visit your site and already know they want to go to a different section, other than the main page, such as a shopping cart as an exmaple.
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10/3/2005 7:09:32 PM
Back on Track! Peter, Awesome! The more detailed and accurate your information the more informed your decisions are. And most certainly I would have to agree that having your site hosted on the same site as the stats reporting tools would be the ideal situation to be in. Sadly though a lot of hosting providers do not have good reporting tools. At least not the ones that I've come across. Which brings up another possible interesting thread. "How to interpret your stats".
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Re: Back on Track!
10/3/2005 7:17:12 PM
Hi Winston, Sadly though a lot of hosting providers do not have good reporting tools. At least not the ones that I've come across. I couldn't agree more. It was due to the lack of features or the cost to have them added that we started to provide our own hosting. Which brings up another possible interesting thread. "How to interpret your stats". A very valid point and one that is scheduled to be dealt with over at my forum about website design and search engine optimization.
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Re: Before and After #1 - Making Miracles at Adland. : )
10/3/2005 7:42:27 PM
Hi Linda and Peter Good Job Guys the site looks a thousand times better and I think the site could make alot of sales if alot of vistors come to it Wishing you all the best in success Robert Phillips
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