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How do you use your SmartPhone? A 2 minute survey.
For a lot of people seeing the first mobile phone was something out of this world! Although it looked more like a large battery with a handset, the feeling of being able to be "mobile" was extremely appealing.
Over the years we have moved from using a mobile for just phoning and texting to using them for pretty much anything you can think of! For many people a mobile has become an integral part of their lives.
So, how do you use your mobile nowadays? Have you noticed a change over the years in how you interact with this piece of mobile technology?
We are intrigued with the evolving nature of this nifty piece of technology and, to collect some thoughts on this matter, we have compiled a short survey asking you to share your experiences.
Your co-operation is greatly appreciated and completing the survey will only take 2 minutes of your time.
To start the survey click here.
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Piwik: Open Source Web analytics goodness
Did you know you can learn a lot about the people who visit your website?
When anybody uses a computing device (pc, laptop, tablet, smartphone or internet enabled fridge) to connect to your website, system information and software application settings from those computing devices are exposed. This information can be captured with software and used for a variety of means such as:
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trending visitors
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optimising the website content for search engines (SEO)
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improving the user experience
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increase sales if you are running an online shop
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measure the effectiveness of a marketing campaign
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and much more...
Enter the world of Web Analytics and you will find there are many different software applications and services available that can help achieve your website goals. One of the better known services is Google Analytics, this allows you to set up a connection between your website and the Google Analytics service. Once the connection is established website visitor information is sent to Google Analytics for processing. This information is then made available to you (the website owner) in easy to understand reports.
If you are looking to incorporate Analytics into your website it's worth also considering Piwik, the Open source alternative to Google Analytics. Piwik works in a similar way as described above, but has the added advantage of being a standalone web application that can be installed on your own webserver. There are modules available for Drupal and other content management platforms which connect your website with the Piwik web analytics server.
Setting up a Piwik server is a breeze and out of the box Piwik gives you lots of analytics goodness in a user friendly way. You can give other people access to view reports and Piwik can also automatically email reports on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Would you like to keep track of your website(s) when you are on the go then have a look at the excellent free Piwik Mobile app for iPhone, iPad and Android.
Using analytics software is a great way to get a better insight of your website visitors and it can improve your presence on the internet.
iCompute web solutions specialises in building Drupal websites and uses Piwik for web analytics. We can provide Piwik integration with your current Drupal website or connect your website to our Piwik server so you don't have to run your own.
Feel free to contact us for a chat or find out more about Piwik here.
Please note:
- for every Piwik set-up we donate a portion of our fee back to the developers
- to run Piwik certain system requirements need to be met
