Posts Tagged ‘Google Inc.

A comment on my Hit Tracking with PHP and MySQL post raised some interesting questions about what a consumer of Web analytics data needs to consider when selecting providers for their sites.
Most folks are familiar with the model of Web analytics vendors: You place their JS tag on your page which makes a call back [...]

About four years ago, I published/posted a number of indices related to GrabPERF data. This is a re-launch of that, starting with the GrabPERF Search Performance Index.
The methodology of the Search Performance Index is straightforward: A number of key search providers are selected and HTTP GET requests are sent that directly pull the results page [...]

As a Web performance consultant, I view the release of Google Chrome with slightly different eyes than many. And one of the items that I look for is how the browser will affect performance, especially perceived performance on the end-user desktop.
One thing I have been able to determine is that the use of WebKit will [...]

On my trip to Europe earlier this month, I picked up a Razr V3 that had been abandoned by one of my colleagues in the UK. Sitting in a drawer, it looked so lonely and abandoned.
It probably wishes it had stayed there.
Since I got it, I have been exploring all of the sites and boards [...]

Dear Darren, et al. (al.):
Thanks for linking to the new Google Maps Satellite Feature. [here]
It’s 7:15AM EDT, and I can go home knowing that my geek nature has been fulfilled for the day.

PS: The arrow is at the wrong end of the block. I suppose that doesn’t matter with an ICBM…


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