Archive for April, 2007

New methods of web analysis?

Posted by Paul Smith on 20 Apr 2007 | Filed under: web metrics

I received an email the other day from a colleague asking the following: “I was surfing for info on Unique Users and came across this – I’d really appreciate your views on it if you’ve got time to have a look. Do you know anything about this company and would it be worth getting involved [...]

Firefox bookmarks and keywords

Posted by Paul Smith on 17 Apr 2007 | Filed under: browser hacks

This is a neat trick which allows you to create ‘active’ bookmarks which provide functionality without having to initially visit the site in question first. By creating a bookmark with an associated keyword, you can run searches on target sites from the Firefox address bar. Example: The Oxford English Dictionary To get the relevant query [...]