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Web Browsers Most Susceptible to Browser Fingerprinting 29 Apr 2013 | 02:00 pm
Many believe unique browser fingerprinting is a silver bullet to single-handedly and anonymously identify users. Sadly or luckily (depending upon your perspective), browser fingerprints are far from u...
Cohorts.js: Open Source JavaScript MVT Split Testing Framework 11 Mar 2013 | 12:00 pm
Warning: This is a fairly technical post (not for the faint of “technical heart”). I was exploring creating my own split testing JavaScript the other week until I stumbled onto this amazing piece of ...
10 Sources of Direct Traffic & How To Track Direct Shares 4 Feb 2013 | 01:00 pm
Whenever people attempt to explain the meaning of direct visits, I always feel like it’s misleading or incomplete in some shape or form. You were probably told: “Oh, it’s those people who type in you...
10 Sources of Direct Traffic & How To Track Direct Shares 4 Feb 2013 | 01:00 pm
Whenever people attempt to explain the meaning of direct visits, I always feel like it’s misleading or incomplete in some shape or form. You were probably told: “Oh, it’s those people who type in you...
Track What Visitors Copy From Your Site in Google Analytics 28 Jan 2013 | 01:30 pm
As you might be able to tell, it’s important for me to know if people are copying scripts from my site. To me, if a high proportion of visitors are copying my code, I know I’ve done my job. … Like th...
Track What Visitors Copy From Your Site in Google Analytics 28 Jan 2013 | 01:30 pm
As you might be able to tell, it’s important for me to know if people are copying scripts from my site. To me, if a high proportion of visitors are copying my code, I know I’ve done my job. … Like th...
Track How Far Your Users Scroll in Google Analytics 8 Jan 2013 | 11:00 am
Update 09/01/13: Improved script to exclude MSIE 5-8 as they don’t play nice with the jQuery viewport stuff I’m using to calculate scroll depth. At least it’s possible to filter these out of your repo...
Track How Far Your Users Scroll in Google Analytics 8 Jan 2013 | 11:00 am
One of the most useful reports in tools like Mouseflow, ClickTale, Crazy Egg (?) and the like is the “Scroll Reach” report. It tracks how far people scroll down a page – fancy that! As simple and use...
Tracking Browser Fingerprints in Google Analytics or Other Tools 3 Jan 2013 | 02:33 pm
Over the past 4-5 months or so, I’ve been watching SnowPlow Analytics develop into a sexy analytics platform. They’ve been sharing innovative ideas to make their platform as powerful as possible. Anyh...
Tracking Browser Fingerprints in Google Analytics or Other Tools 3 Jan 2013 | 02:33 pm
Over the past 4-5 months or so, I’ve been watching SnowPlow Analytics develop into a sexy analytics platform. They’ve been sharing innovative ideas to make their platform as powerful as possible. Anyh...
