Agreed - and just for the record, we are not an Omniture partner - just a satisfied customer. My passion for Omniture stems from my many years of Web Analytics...
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quibble12345
Aug 2, 2004 4:48 pm
Any idea why CentrPort, Core Metrics, Datanautics, and Sane Solutions declined to participate?...
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Sunil Bhagwan
sbhagwan2004
Aug 2, 2004 5:00 pm
Has anyone in this forum had a chance to use Visual Sciences? I understand its a fairly complex application, using various data collection means. Does anyone...
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Matt Belkin
mbelkin
Aug 2, 2004 6:05 pm
I took it for a test drive several months back - but never deployed it to production. I was actually quite impressed with the platform. The interface wasn't...
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Lawson, Matthew
matthew_laws...
Aug 3, 2004 5:54 am
I can only speak for Coremetrics on this, but the CMP evaluation required an investment on the part of the vendor in terms of implementation and support ...
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Matt Belkin
mbelkin
Aug 4, 2004 3:49 am
Hi all, In the spirit of contributing to more constructive discussion, I wanted to inquire about some industry best-practices :) Specifically, I'd be ...
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Eric Peterson
eefsafe
Aug 4, 2004 4:13 am
Folks, Quiet day today in the discussion group huh? I heard that Jim Sterne mentioned the group in his "Sterne Measures" newsletters (altho I appear to have...
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jwb96
Aug 4, 2004 1:53 pm
We're getting ready to migrate from logfiles to page tags with our current analytics vendor. One decision that needs to be made is where on the page the...
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Jim Sterne
jsterne
Aug 4, 2004 2:11 pm
... Eric, since I don't know which email address you wish to use for your Sterne Measures subscription, head over to...
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Jim Sterne
jsterne
Aug 4, 2004 2:21 pm
... Placing the tag at the bottom of the screen will exclude data from your most frequent/most well trained visitors. People who know where to click can...
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Adam
adam_c_taylor
Aug 4, 2004 2:38 pm
Hello everyone- This feature has been on my wish list, and I thought Web Trends 7 was going to have it, but it does not look like it. We often times would like...
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Matt Belkin
mbelkin
Aug 4, 2004 7:54 pm
Sunil and others, I realized my email (see below) may have implied we evaluated Visual Sciences and chose not to deploy the product for one reason or another....
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monkeypawjohnson
monkeypawjoh...
Aug 5, 2004 3:24 am
We currenly place the tagging at the bottom (global footer), but because of some of the issues you mentioned we are planning on moving it to the top (global...
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Lawson, Matthew
matthew_laws...
Aug 5, 2004 3:25 am
Adam, Coremetrics allows you to segment your visitors to view path, session, and page information for authenticated individuals based on User ID. We are also...
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Jim MacIntyre
jimmacintyreiv
Aug 5, 2004 3:26 am
Adam, The feature that you describe is provided by Visual Sciences. Let me know if you would like to see it. Best regards, Jim MacIntyre CEO (703) 966-9902 ...
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Hossam M. Khodary
hkhodary
Aug 5, 2004 6:44 pm
Hello Adam, I believe that your best option is to focus on products that incorporate some sort of a BI tool. They do not come cheap but they will provide you...
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David Culbertson
davidsculber...
Aug 5, 2004 8:38 pm
Hello Eric and everybody, I run a small Internet marketing firm and some of clients ask me to interpret their analytics for them. I mostly know what I am doing...
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Matt Belkin
mbelkin
Aug 5, 2004 11:38 pm
This is actually quite easy if you are using tags. Have your client specify the 'pagename' variable based on the page served, rather than the default URL...
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fkuu325
Aug 6, 2004 12:05 am
Hi Dave, What product is the client using? Make sure the product is tracking the entire URL with the query string. The old software package we used (Accrue)...
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David Culbertson
davidsculber...
Aug 6, 2004 1:18 am
Matt: Thanks for the advice. What analytics package are you using? My client wants me to decide. I am leaning toward a solution that uses tags, but there are...
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David Culbertson
davidsculber...
Aug 6, 2004 1:23 am
Fred: The product selection is up to me! So far, he has relied on log files for a site with many dynamically generated pages. I am going to recommend a tagged...
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Matt Belkin
mbelkin
Aug 6, 2004 1:52 am
I use Omniture, but choosing the vendor really depends on the needs of your client's website. What are the site objectives and measurement goals? Is their...
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Jim Novo
jimnovo2
Aug 6, 2004 2:29 am
... You can use WebTrends lookup tables to parse log files and create intelligent reports using URL parameters. All you have to do is build a lookup table...
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John Marshall - Click...
johnmhome
Aug 6, 2004 2:54 am
David, The question you asked was tracking a dynamic page accurately, and this is something even lowly logfile analyzers should be capable of. Certainly ...
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David Culbertson
davidsculber...
Aug 6, 2004 1:19 pm
Jim: Thanks for the tip. FYI, I have been reading your e-mailed book excerpts and it's next on my list when my budget allows. - Dave Culbertson LightBulb...
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David Culbertson
davidsculber...
Aug 6, 2004 3:22 pm
Folks, Thanks for the great answers and opinions so far. This Yahoo Group is a wonderful resource and I hope that I contribute over time. I've got another...
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Jim Novo
jimnovo2
Aug 6, 2004 4:13 pm
David, The best way is probably to look in the Browsers and Spiders sections of the reporting, find all the spiders, then exclude with a browser filter using...
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Emily and Michael Lee
emilouise
Aug 6, 2004 4:27 pm
Hello, the best list of spider user agents I think is the one put out by the IAB. (www.iab.net). but some log analysis systems will take forever with a...
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jencerami
Aug 6, 2004 5:17 pm
Where can I begin my due dillegence finding a quality provider of competive knowledge for online upstream and downstreams from my site? I know Hitwise is a...
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Bob Page
bp33
Aug 6, 2004 10:02 pm
Many familiar names and faces here ... Just wanted to say hi. I joined the group today, on Eric's suggestion. I was co-founder/CTO at Accrue Software. I left...
