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1. Chetan said: 7th May, 2008 at 6:02 pm

   Nice post Mike, I was a previous reader and thought after this blog’s sale, it might change overall, and i wouldn’t like it. But you are continuing the good work

2. Jane said: 8th May, 2008 at 4:34 pm

   Could you please tell me how do you use the data ? I mean after you know how much visitor get your site direct ar through search engine, how will this affect your strategy?

3. Chetan said: 9th May, 2008 at 12:23 pm

   Jane, actually people don’t rely on counting the number of visitors but they check where is the traffic coming from and they try to target more traffic from that area etc.

4. Mike said: 9th May, 2008 at 3:12 pm

   Jane, I use the date for several purposes.

   First, it is a great way to see where all of your traffic is coming from. You will see how many people have you bookmarked or type in your domain directly (direct) and what sites refer you the most traffic.

   Second, you will see what key words are driving traffic to your site. This will give you an idea if your SEO is working and the most popular key words. You can do this by all traffic or individual search engines.

   Third, you will be able to see if your paid ads through Google are working.

   Your server stats will be much more accurate when it comes to pageviews, unique visitors, etc.

   Hope that helps!

5. multippt said: 9th May, 2008 at 4:52 pm

   Just a little note: Google analytics is a great feature even if you are not using Adwords (or/and AdSense).
   Google analytics is one of the most accurate traffic measurement tools available. The “benchmark” feature in Google analytics is great if you are looking for new traffic targets for your site.

6. Dennis Edell said: 10th May, 2008 at 3:21 am

   This is a great reminder post, as I keep meaning to sign up. I was gonna ask about that first line, as that confused me, but multippt answered it, thanks guys!

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