Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
In: Web analytics| analytics| search
22 Mar 2009Via Statcounter, here is my search engine distribution for a log of 2,000 hits.
With statistics like these, is there really any point in having other search engines?
In: Internet| Web Performance| Web analytics| WebPerformance.Org| analytics| performance index| search
20 Mar 2009About 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 [...]
In: GrabPERF| Web Performance| search
16 Mar 2009Today I would like to announce the availability of the GrabPERF Search Performance Index.
The goal of the index is to provide performance metrics for a group of search providers around the world. The results are based on a direct HTTP GET request being made for the search results page by the GrabPERF Agent.
Currently only live [...]
In: Browsers| Software| Technology| The Web| Web Performance| Work
7 Sep 2008Since the release of Google Chrome on September 2, I have been using it as my day-to-day browser. Spending up to 80% of my computer time in a browser means that this was decision which affected a huge portion of my online experience.
I can say that I put Chrome through its paces, on a wide-variety [...]
Blog Statistics Analysis – What do your visitors actually read?
In: Blogging| Commentary
14 Sep 2008Steven Hodson of WinExtra posted a screenshot of his personal Wordpress stats for the last three years last night. I then posted my stats for a similar period of time, and Steven shot back with some question about traffic, and the ebbs and flows of readers.
Being the stats nut that I am, I went and [...]