Comments on: What happens when sheep behave like people? http://www.emerkirrane.com/2009/12/14/what-happens-when-sheep-behave-like-people/ Exploring the half-lit world of web analytics Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Exxx http://www.emerkirrane.com/2009/12/14/what-happens-when-sheep-behave-like-people/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Exxx Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:10:17 +0000 http://emerkirrane.com/?p=52#comment-16 @Rudi Nice! I'm pre-preparing my list of sins for 2010! @Claudiu Thank you! I agree that it would be nice if customer experience was high up in the list of priorities - I find it strange when it's not. Web Analytics is not abstract - without visitors/customers, it all becomes a bit pointless. @Rudi Nice! I’m pre-preparing my list of sins for 2010!

@Claudiu Thank you! I agree that it would be nice if customer experience was high up in the list of priorities – I find it strange when it’s not. Web Analytics is not abstract – without visitors/customers, it all becomes a bit pointless.

]]> By: Exxx http://www.emerkirrane.com/2009/12/14/what-happens-when-sheep-behave-like-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 Exxx Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:10:00 +0000 http://emerkirrane.com/?p=52#comment-1350 @Rudi Nice! I'm pre-preparing my list of sins for 2010! @Claudiu Thank you! I agree that it would be nice if customer experience was high up in the list of priorities - I find it strange when it's not. Web Analytics is not abstract - without visitors/customers, it all becomes a bit pointless. @Rudi Nice! I’m pre-preparing my list of sins for 2010!

@Claudiu Thank you! I agree that it would be nice if customer experience was high up in the list of priorities – I find it strange when it’s not. Web Analytics is not abstract – without visitors/customers, it all becomes a bit pointless.

]]> By: Claudiu Murariu http://www.emerkirrane.com/2009/12/14/what-happens-when-sheep-behave-like-people/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Claudiu Murariu Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:40:27 +0000 http://emerkirrane.com/?p=52#comment-15 Great article Emer, I believe the web analytics is not for us to make more money but for our visitors to be happy in their experience with our websites. Happy visitors are more likely to become super customers, so in the end everybody wins. So yes, good bye sheep, hello people. :) Great article Emer,

I believe the web analytics is not for us to make more money but for our visitors to be happy in their experience with our websites. Happy visitors are more likely to become super customers, so in the end everybody wins.

So yes, good bye sheep, hello people. :)

]]> By: Claudiu Murariu http://www.emerkirrane.com/2009/12/14/what-happens-when-sheep-behave-like-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1349 Claudiu Murariu Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:40:00 +0000 http://emerkirrane.com/?p=52#comment-1349 Great article Emer, I believe the web analytics is not for us to make more money but for our visitors to be happy in their experience with our websites. Happy visitors are more likely to become super customers, so in the end everybody wins. So yes, good bye sheep, hello people. :) Great article Emer,

I believe the web analytics is not for us to make more money but for our visitors to be happy in their experience with our websites. Happy visitors are more likely to become super customers, so in the end everybody wins.

So yes, good bye sheep, hello people. :)

]]> By: Happy visitors more likely to become customers | PadiCode http://www.emerkirrane.com/2009/12/14/what-happens-when-sheep-behave-like-people/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Happy visitors more likely to become customers | PadiCode Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:22:16 +0000 http://emerkirrane.com/?p=52#comment-14 [...] Listen to them, find out what makes them happy and go for it. Just like Emer Kirrane says it, visitors stopped being sheep long time [...] [...] Listen to them, find out what makes them happy and go for it. Just like Emer Kirrane says it, visitors stopped being sheep long time [...]

]]> By: Rudi Shumpert http://www.emerkirrane.com/2009/12/14/what-happens-when-sheep-behave-like-people/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Rudi Shumpert Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:55:05 +0000 http://emerkirrane.com/?p=52#comment-13 In order for the business of web anlaytics and the many professions that go with it to continue to thrive, it needs to evolve at the same rate. As far as email sins go, that's pretty small. I use the handy gmail feature http://www.rudishumpert.com/2009/08/22/nearly-limitless-email-address-variations-with-one-gmail-account/ here to create multiple emails and then auto filter them out . -Rudi @rrs_atl In order for the business of web anlaytics and the many professions that go with it to continue to thrive, it needs to evolve at the same rate.

As far as email sins go, that’s pretty small. I use the handy gmail feature http://www.rudishumpert.com/2009/08/22/nearly-limitless-email-address-variations-with-one-gmail-account/ here to create multiple emails and then auto filter them out .

-Rudi
@rrs_atl

]]> By: Rudi Shumpert http://www.emerkirrane.com/2009/12/14/what-happens-when-sheep-behave-like-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1348 Rudi Shumpert Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:55:00 +0000 http://emerkirrane.com/?p=52#comment-1348 In order for the business of web anlaytics and the many professions that go with it to continue to thrive, it needs to evolve at the same rate. As far as email sins go, that's pretty small. I use the handy gmail feature http://www.rudishumpert.com/2009/08/22/nearly-limitless-email-address-variations-with-one-gmail-account/ here to create multiple emails and then auto filter them out . -Rudi @rrs_atl In order for the business of web anlaytics and the many professions that go with it to continue to thrive, it needs to evolve at the same rate.

As far as email sins go, that’s pretty small. I use the handy gmail feature http://www.rudishumpert.com/2009/08/22/nearly-limitless-email-address-variations-with-one-gmail-account/ here to create multiple emails and then auto filter them out .

-Rudi
@rrs_atl

]]> By: Exxx http://www.emerkirrane.com/2009/12/14/what-happens-when-sheep-behave-like-people/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Exxx Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:46:42 +0000 http://emerkirrane.com/?p=52#comment-12 Hi Rudi, You could be right and it's not really an issue that web analytics remains the little brother, but it is if it stays the same "age" while the older sibling grows. AND I just remembered another sin (as a result of committing it 5 minutes ago) which is more related to email marketing. I use "Mark as Spam" as the quick "Unsubscribe". I think Santa will have to put me on the Naughty list this year! E Hi Rudi,

You could be right and it’s not really an issue that web analytics remains the little brother, but it is if it stays the same “age” while the older sibling grows.
AND I just remembered another sin (as a result of committing it 5 minutes ago) which is more related to email marketing. I use “Mark as Spam” as the quick “Unsubscribe”. I think Santa will have to put me on the Naughty list this year!

E

]]> By: Exxx http://www.emerkirrane.com/2009/12/14/what-happens-when-sheep-behave-like-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1347 Exxx Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:46:00 +0000 http://emerkirrane.com/?p=52#comment-1347 Hi Rudi, You could be right and it's not really an issue that web analytics remains the little brother, but it is if it stays the same "age" while the older sibling grows. AND I just remembered another sin (as a result of committing it 5 minutes ago) which is more related to email marketing. I use "Mark as Spam" as the quick "Unsubscribe". I think Santa will have to put me on the Naughty list this year! E Hi Rudi,

You could be right and it’s not really an issue that web analytics remains the little brother, but it is if it stays the same “age” while the older sibling grows.
AND I just remembered another sin (as a result of committing it 5 minutes ago) which is more related to email marketing. I use “Mark as Spam” as the quick “Unsubscribe”. I think Santa will have to put me on the Naughty list this year!

E

]]> By: Rudi Shumpert http://www.emerkirrane.com/2009/12/14/what-happens-when-sheep-behave-like-people/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Rudi Shumpert Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:26:52 +0000 http://emerkirrane.com/?p=52#comment-11 You bring up some interesting points here. I like the analogy of web analytics being a baby/toddler, but I think it goes further than that. I think that web analytics is more like the younger sibling of the internet itself, and will always be tagging (no pun intended) along and trying to keep up with everything that the older sibling is doing. 3 years ago no one had heard of twitter, and no one cared. Now it's all the rage with millions of people using it and with that all the #measure folks are trying to track it and analyze it. With the way that users interact with the internet always evolving, I'm not sure that web analytics will ever be able to stop being the little brother. -Rudi @rrs_atl You bring up some interesting points here.

I like the analogy of web analytics being a baby/toddler, but I think it goes further than that. I think that web analytics is more like the younger sibling of the internet itself, and will always be tagging (no pun intended) along and trying to keep up with everything that the older sibling is doing.

3 years ago no one had heard of twitter, and no one cared. Now it’s all the rage with millions of people using it and with that all the #measure folks are trying to track it and analyze it.

With the way that users interact with the internet always evolving, I’m not sure that web analytics will ever be able to stop being the little brother.

-Rudi
@rrs_atl

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