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Analytics Solutions- Omniture vs Google
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Automated Omniture Download Tracking
Omniture provides some great functionality for automatically tracking downloads with JavaScript for analytics. 
Issues arise with the reliance upon JavaScript for measurement. Not all users have JavaScript turned on. The below script is an automated way to track downloads using server side passing of data.
Omniture Summit 2010 Recap
Omniture Summit 2010 was an overall great conference. Omniture managed to somehow outdo themselves this year by improving the production from 2009 with very little room to have done so. The summit had some great content and incredible keynotes. There were some really wonderful people sharing insights and experiences.
Multimedia Tracking- Analytics - Omniture JWplayer
This code is designed to track multimedia interaction of users on a website. It utilizes Longtail's video player, JW Player, and Omniture's SiteCatalyst tracking tool. In order for this to function properly content in brackets must properly be populated.
Exact Target API functions
This code allows a user to add email addresses to Exact Target lists automatically via a web form.
File Download Management Updater
If you happen to have a download link constantly changing due to version updates this should ideally help you. This script is designed to always point to the most recent file in a folder. Any file can then be stored in the folder, with the proper first few letters of the file name, allowing for a single link to be utilized and not constantly updated.
One can store files in a directory and the script will know which file is the most up to date. Parameters in the URL can be utilized to store multiple files in the same directory.
Google Voice - A Must Have
Google Voice is a free product/service that must be used. It is perfect for businesses as well as personal use. It is a product that is revolutionizing telecommunications. PC World Just ranked Google Voice the #2 product of 2009.
Analytics Click Fraud- Extracting Bots and Spiders
There currently is no 100% accurate way to extract all Bots and Spiders for statistical analysis.
Analytics packages provide a very good tool for acquiring visitor information. Some of these vendors include Google Analytics, Omniture's SiteCatalyst, Coremetrics, and Web Trends.
Stop Wasting Money on Online Advertising
Too many people have a false impression that the best way to acquire incoming traffic to a website is through pay per click campaigns, or just advertising in general. Business owners are inundated with paid search marketing and are often unaware of the benefits of natural search engine optimization. This is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines organically, or without having to pay.
