User statistics April

Written by Oeroek in mei 23rd, 2008  
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Posted in: Stats     Tags: statistics
For all the people that are curious about it, I am going to publish my user statistics on a monthly basis. End of Year Target By the end of the year I would like to have 300 visitors per day that visit 2 pages each and remain on the site for 120

Joel Comm: marketing genius?

Written by Oeroek in april 22nd, 2008  
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Posted in: Crap     Tags: google, google adsense, monetizing
I must admit, I am a fan of Joel Comm and his series about Adsense. Mostly, this is based on the e-book "Making Money with Adsense" 3rd edition, I bought some time ago. The book provides tips & tricks and insights on how to optimize the use of Adsense on your

Does W3c validation provide benefits to SEO

Written by Oeroek in april 15th, 2008  
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Posted in: Searchability     Tags: html, w3c validation
Some time ago, I read a Dutch blog about websites that are validated with the w3.org validator. Basically a passed validation says that you comply with specific HTML standards. As in many things, complying with standards makes live easier. On the other hand, because almost nobody validates the margin for

Google analytics beta: visitor graph per day, week or month

Written by Oeroek in april 4th, 2008  
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Google analytics beta: visitor graph per day, week or month
Some time ago I published my list of features that should be added to Google Analytics. The first item were weekly and monthly stats to enable you to quickly spot trends in your amount of visitors. Although I do not think that Google reads my posts I was happily surprised when

Do people click on your website in Google?

Written by Oeroek in april 2nd, 2008  
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Posted in: Searchability     Tags: analyse, google, google webmaster, head, header, html
Do people click on your website in Google?
Having a top 10 position in Google can be fantastic. Especially if people also click on the link to your site. Luckily, Google has a tool to determine if people visit your site if the site shows up in their search results. Below I describe why a top 10 ranking alone

User statistics March

Written by Oeroek in april 2nd, 2008  
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User statistics March
For all the people that are curious about it, I am going to publish my user statistics on a monthly basis. End of Year Target By the end of the year I would like to have 300 visitors per day that visit 2 pages each and remain on the site for 120

Involve visitors in discussions

Written by Oeroek in maart 27th, 2008  
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Posted in: Blogging     Tags: community, interaction, user
Involve visitors in discussions
Many weblogs offer the possibility to post comments. Not only does this improve the long tail in Google, it benefits to the communication with visitors and may draw visitors back to your website. A discussion on your weblog should not be taken for granted. You need an interesting subject on which

Make your logo clickable

Written by Oeroek in maart 25th, 2008  
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Posted in: Usability     Tags: header, html, hyperlink, logo
A logo is a very important design element of your website. It gives identity to the page and functions as a marker for your visitor. To help your visitor even more to quickly find your website you can add the logo to the address bar of the browser. You can read

10 features that should be added to Google Analytics

Written by Oeroek in maart 20th, 2008  
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10 features that should be added to Google Analytics
In my humble opinion, Google Analytics is one of the (or maybe the) best free webstatistics programs. Nevertheless I would like to point out that there are plenty of opportunities to improve the user interface using the data already available. Monthly and weekly stats: It would be a lot easier if

Ad blindness, how does it work?

Written by Oeroek in maart 18th, 2008  
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Posted in: Usability     Tags: design, google adsense, monetizing, Usability, user interface
Ad blindness, how does it work?
many of you know the f-shaped pattern in which visitors look at your webpage. Jakob Nielsen describes it on his weblog. There is however something else you should keep in mind when thinking about your ad placement. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4 Thanks to Seth Godin.

Real time validation of website forms

Written by Oeroek in maart 18th, 2008  
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Real time validation of website forms
You can obtain input and information from your visitors from website forms. Such forms may have text areas and input fields for usernames, passwords, e-mail addresses, etc. The website should check the provided input and determine if it validates based on a pre determined set of rules. E-mail addresses should for

Google Analytics graph one day behind

Written by Oeroek in maart 13th, 2008  
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Posted in: Usability     Tags: analyse, bug, google, google analytics, Usability, user interface
Google Analytics graph one day behind
Since a few days, my Google analytics graph is running behind. I contacted the Dutch Google Analytics team and received a message that this is normal because the data is not real time. However, until a few days ago, my Google Analytics graph ran up to and including the selected

A website is not a book

Written by Oeroek in maart 12th, 2008  
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A website is not a book
Photo by bradlindert Recently I came across a discussion about the comparison between a book and a website. The main point of this discussion was the use of a welcome text in a similar way as a foreword in a book. Thinking about this discussion I would like to digg a little

Benchmark with Google Analytics

Written by Oeroek in maart 6th, 2008  
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Benchmark with Google Analytics
Did you ever wonder if you were the only one having that spike in traffic? Would it not be nice if Google Analytics would show you how other sites are performing? Google Analytics is now implementing the benchmark function into Google Analytics. Benchmark your own website Take for example the screenshot to

Make a favicon

Written by Oeroek in maart 5th, 2008  
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Posted in: Usability     Tags: favicon, head, html, user interface
Make a favicon
Improve your visibility with a favicon Help your visitor to easily identify your website. For his reason, many websites add a favicon. This is a small logo or icon that is displayed in the address bar of the browser when visitors visit your website. Also, if the visitor decides to bookmark
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