Last night was the monthly Web Analytics Wednesday in London. Held in the usual location (Bluu in Moorgate) yet I was surprised to see how many people came from such distances. Some from West Midlands (Stoke) and some from East Midlands (Leicester).
Does the British Government actually get the difference between online user behaviour, offline conversion and online protection? Or do they just like using that sledgehammer in the corner to crack a nut.
2010 is the year of the quickest site wins!Is your page too long? Is there too many high resolution images? Do you even know your average page load time? Is the site heavy in javascript or a pure Flash site?
These are questions (and this is not the exhaustive list) that need to be answered when looking at your internet strategy for 2010 (if you’ve already had it signed off then go back to the board and grovel for more funding to optimise).
It is reported that today Omniture/Adobe will announce a tie up with Facebook making Facebook more than just a social networking tool. Now how is this going to affect other analytics companies and more importantly non-Omniture clients? Is this an anti-competitive tie in? Will the government intervene (or will they even understand the implications?).
Facebook users in United Kingdon, United States of America, Thailand and Mexico found themselves unable to log in due to server problems. In a ironic twist rival microblogging site Twitter was used by users to express their concern.