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Monetization / Any Digtial River onenetworkdirect users/affs here?
« on: November 01, 2010, 04:42:24 PM »
Jim? or anyone?
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Traffic / Re: Piwik Tracking
« on: October 27, 2010, 12:24:57 PM »
>Crazy Egg
Yeah that's another one I'm interested in. Actually I think that was what I was thinking of when I mentioned clicky's heatmaps.
Still chepebhasturd only approves of chepe stuff. Plus hosting my own is such a pull.
>but how does it compare to G's Analytics?
I should have added the disclaimer of never using G analytics. I just don't like apps with anal in them. Seriously, I have only looked at G from a clicks to advertiser standpoint on their custom tracking setup. I'm still fighting to keep that G tattoo off my rear.
>According to their FAQ you can run it simultaneously with other tracking.
Sure, it's just a js tracker. Add code to footer and done, don't think it would interfere with anything else.
Yeah that's another one I'm interested in. Actually I think that was what I was thinking of when I mentioned clicky's heatmaps.
Still chepebhasturd only approves of chepe stuff. Plus hosting my own is such a pull.
>but how does it compare to G's Analytics?
I should have added the disclaimer of never using G analytics. I just don't like apps with anal in them. Seriously, I have only looked at G from a clicks to advertiser standpoint on their custom tracking setup. I'm still fighting to keep that G tattoo off my rear.
>According to their FAQ you can run it simultaneously with other tracking.
Sure, it's just a js tracker. Add code to footer and done, don't think it would interfere with anything else.
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Water Cooler / Re: Google officially has too much money
« on: October 26, 2010, 09:47:37 PM »
What does it say?
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Monetization / Re: Tweaked a Site w/ New Ad = $30-50/day
« on: October 26, 2010, 02:39:33 PM »
Mostly the ad, but this is more direct aff marketing than typical ad, I should have clarified that. "Widget site" best place to sign up for widgets *here.* New offer/ad working great.
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Traffic / Piwik Tracking
« on: October 26, 2010, 12:12:26 PM »
So I've got away from hardcore logfile analysis like the old days. Pouring over referrals, daily/weekly trends and just knowing everything there is to know just isn't exciting or helpful to my current plan. Plus it's a PITA to set it all up on every site, and keep up with it.
I've resorted to free statcounter.com tracking on small projects and quick sites just to get a pulse. It's easy to see daily traffic from a multitude of sites on one pageview and I can dig in if I want. It's pretty limited, but serves this function well.
I just tried out piwik self hosted JS tracker. It's really slick, open source and works great. You host it on your own server on a mysql db, and one install can serve as many sites as your db server can handle. I don't use it like this since someone could finger which sites you own, but might in the future. It's super easy to install, almost just a couple clicks, and just works. This is the most robust free solution I've seen and it runs on your server.
Next up - clicky. Tracks clicks and hotspots through your site. Not free, and not self hosted though.
I've resorted to free statcounter.com tracking on small projects and quick sites just to get a pulse. It's easy to see daily traffic from a multitude of sites on one pageview and I can dig in if I want. It's pretty limited, but serves this function well.
I just tried out piwik self hosted JS tracker. It's really slick, open source and works great. You host it on your own server on a mysql db, and one install can serve as many sites as your db server can handle. I don't use it like this since someone could finger which sites you own, but might in the future. It's super easy to install, almost just a couple clicks, and just works. This is the most robust free solution I've seen and it runs on your server.
Next up - clicky. Tracks clicks and hotspots through your site. Not free, and not self hosted though.
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Monetization / Tweaked a Site w/ New Ad = $30-50/day
« on: October 26, 2010, 12:04:15 PM »
An old, moldy site I don't mess with much picked up in traffic again. About 165 uniques/day. Reworked a new/good ad I had a good feeling about all over the site.
Bam, $50/day. Was solid like this for a week and has dropped a few days here and there, but still great results and more than I was expecting.
Things like this are why I love this work, and also why I (almost) never sell a site.
Bam, $50/day. Was solid like this for a week and has dropped a few days here and there, but still great results and more than I was expecting.
Things like this are why I love this work, and also why I (almost) never sell a site.
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Web Development / Re: Writer gives away ebooks and makes a living from it
« on: October 26, 2010, 11:59:52 AM »
"I'm doing everything," he says. "I'm doing everything I've ever done that ever made me money, and everything that anyone else has ever done that seems to have made them money."
In other words, Doctorow is giving away free e-books in hopes of getting people buy the paper books; he's offering print-on-demand paper books with four different covers through Lulu.com; he's soliciting donations; and he's printing 250 hand-sewn limited-edition hardcovers that will run $275 each.
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Great angle.
In other words, Doctorow is giving away free e-books in hopes of getting people buy the paper books; he's offering print-on-demand paper books with four different covers through Lulu.com; he's soliciting donations; and he's printing 250 hand-sewn limited-edition hardcovers that will run $275 each.
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Great angle.
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Monetization / Re: affiliate news
« on: October 25, 2010, 12:12:05 PM »
Interesting. Noise level is pretty high, but I like the concept.
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Water Cooler / Re: The Active?
« on: October 25, 2010, 02:53:59 AM »
Perfect! Thanks, the post view and unread weren't the same.
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Water Cooler / The Active?
« on: October 24, 2010, 09:48:07 PM »
Do we have an active topics link? RC might go into DTs.