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 I discovered that Google is […]

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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 you could select weeks or […]

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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.

Thanks to Seth Godin.
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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 example contain a “@” and […]

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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 day. What is happening here?
Google […]

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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 bit deeper into the comparison […]

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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 your website, the favicon is […]

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There are many alternatives that may replace the unreadable captcha or make it more reader friendly. Some of these alternatives can be used without the user noticing, the non interactive alternatives. Others are just variations of the reverse Turing test of which the captcha is also an example. Although I realize that these alternatives are […]

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I think that captchas will drive away some of your visitors. Captchas are irritating, annoying and damage user experience.
Most of the times, Captchas are used to prevent spammers to use automated programs to insert spam into your websites. This is a good reason to use a captcha as long as it is effective against spam.
I […]

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Today Google released a message on its Adsense Weblog to explain the pound key.
Search the pound key
Google verifies telephone numbers by asking users to key in a 6-digit verification number. To complete this procedure, the pound key should be pressed. That seems to be problematic because only few people have a pound key (₤) on […]

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