Stats and Analytics . . .

This week on Tuesday Open Comments Night we talked about crazy stats, spikes, keyphrases, trends, ratios, traffic, backlinks, pageranks, SERPs, splog sites, algorithyms, RSS subscribers, patterns, plugins, goals, and search terms.

There was also mention of weather, grammar, punctuation, spelling, Mark Twain, Ferraris, a story in six words, full moons, reading tea leaves, gypsies, movies, The View, 24 Hours, Z-list meme, Alice in Wonderland, MyBlogLog meme, weird statistical stuff, workloads of small-business owners, and The Long Tail.

We shared hellos, grins, jokes, laughs, congratulations, poetry, advice, questions, recommendations, addictions (to stats), and goodnights. There was even something about measuring traffic and feet? (I didn’t see any food though.)

Anyway, a thought is that blogging for stats is not the answer. Writing about your passion is.

Sounds like many people use more than one tool to measure stats. Here are some of the tools and sites we mentioned that you may want to check out:

103bees
Alexa
Amibook
Askimet
Awstats
blo.gs
Blogbeat
Crazy Egg
Digg
EasyTask Manager
Feedburner
Google Analytics
Google Pagerank
Google Sitemap
gVisit
Habari
HitTail
Inc.com
Mapstats
Mint
Moveable Type
MyBlogLog
MySpace
Performancing
pingomatic.com
ReviewMe
Shortstat
SiteMeter
Squidoo
StatCounter
StumbleUpon
SuperStats
Technorati
Text-link-ads
The Blogging Times
Tracksy
Typepad
weblogs.com
WordPress

Here’s some of the links that were shared:

• Top 10 Ways to Become a Miserable Blogger
• There’s a NEW Blog Tool in Town
• Comprehensive List of Update Services>
• Working at Home on the Internet
• FeedBurner Replacement Plugin
• Weird Facts
• From Fear to Satisfaction
• WordPress Plugin MoreMoney
• Service Untitled

Thanks for the cool links and for being part of the conversation. I wish I could quote you all, but I know you have an idea of how much time it takes to make that long link summary happen each week. I hate to let it go, but I thought you’d understand.

So, for 2007, we’ll just tell the story and share the links that you bring. You can always read the comments – they’re all there.

After all, how DO YOU explain Open Comment Night, if you’ve never experienced it?

See you next Tuesday? I sure hope so.
–ME “Liz” Strauss and Sandy Renshaw

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It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

Here’s how it works.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME
The rules are simple — be nice.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.

Do You Get the Big Picture?

We might also talk about

• Who does our counting for us?
• our weird behaviors
• how we figure them out
• Whatever else comes up

including THE EVER POPULAR,
Basil the code-writing donkey.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Yes the Mic Will Be on Tonight

The Topic is: Stats, Metrics, Analytics

We might talk about who does our counting for us, our weird behaviors, how we figure them out, and whatever else comes up.

The rules are simple — be nice.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Just to Organize Our Thoughts . . .

This week on Tuesday Open Comments Night we talked about 3 important things to do first, 3-ring binders, boxes, chunking time, clean desk policies, CMS (content management systems), duct tape, eat that frog method, energy, files, feng shui, goals, going paperless, junk drawers, junk rooms, leather journals, minimalism, multitasking, notebook and paper, number of emails, online bill paying, organization and the physical, electronic, and mental components, organizers, organizing money, paper and pen(cil), PDAs, perfectionism, pim, posting goals everywhere, productivity, piles vs. files, online shopping carts, spiral organizers, spreadsheets, sticky notes, time management, timers, to do lists, computer workstations and laptops, working at couches vs desks, and writing a series on a blog.

There was also mention of cats, chit chats, funny powerpoint presentations, KitKat bars, Klondike bars, poetry, the Jetsons, and the weather.

We did talk about some cool tools that you may want to check out:

• 1ShoppingCart
• Amibook   
• Bloglines
• Drupal
• GoldBarOne
• Google Reader
• GreatNews
• Apple iPhone
• Joe’s Goals   
• Joomla
• Moleskine
• mambo
• morguefile
• MyBlogLog
• SharpReader
• splashid
• stock.xchng
• SwiftMP3
• ToDo95
• iTools
• Zen Cart

Here’s some of the links we shared:

• Amusing Powerpoint Slideshows
• Lifehack for Managers
• New Year’s Resolution: Learn to Write
• I Need A Great Stats Package
• Getting Organized on a Tuesday Night (download a blank weekly planner sheet)
• Organizing Clutter
• We’re Not Wired Right
• Using Notescript
• Kickstart Your Productivity
• A Network of City Based Blogs

Thanks for the cool links and for being part of the conversation. I wish I could quote you all, but I know you have an idea of how much time it takes to make that long link summary happen each week. I hate to let it go, but I thought you’d understand.

So, for 2007, we’ll just tell the story and share the links that you bring.

After all, how DO YOU explain Open Comment Night, if you’ve never experienced it?

See you next Tuesday? I sure hope so.
–ME “Liz” Strauss and Sandy Renshaw

Related article
What is Tuesday Open Comment Night?

It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

Here’s how it works.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME
The rules are simple — be nice.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.

The topic is Getting Organized . . . at home, at work, and in your home-office. What are our secrets for being incredibly productive?

We might also talk about

• Time management
• Great tips for staying organized
• What area causes us the most stress, and
• When to hire a professional organizer.

including THE EVER POPULAR,
Basil the code-writing donkey.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Yes the Mic Will Be on Tonight

The Topic is: What I’m Doing to Get Organized. . .

We might also talk about what’s working and what’s not; cool tips and tricks; what causes us the most stress; and whatever else comes up.

The rules are simple — be nice.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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