Google owns the web (browser)

Because the market wasn't crowded enough with different, free web browsers, Google has decided to add their own browser, called Chrome. So now in addition to Internet Explorer (active versions are 6 and 7, with 8 in beta) we now also have Firefox (with versions 2 and 3 both being actively used), Opera, Safari, and now Chrome. This does make it a bit challenging for a web developer to work. I've had a chance to use the new browser for a couple of days, and I thought I would give my thoughts, … [Read more...]

Happy Pi Day

Happy Pi Day (3.14.08) Let's face: it you have to be at least a little bit of a geek to be a web developer for a living. … [Read more...]

Using your analytics data to improve web site performance

It's one thing to look at your reports, its another to start to draw conclusions from your data. Different people will look at the data in different ways. Most often, the reports are looked at by the marketing department/person to see how to better market the site, what Search Engine optimization needs to occur, and measure the effectiveness of their pay-per-click ads. All of these are important uses of the web analytics, but they are not the only uses. I want to look at a specific example … [Read more...]