Category: Web

  • Twitter metrics still miss mobile and apps

    Market intelligencer Hitwise published new research yesterday about visits to the Twitter website, showing that such visits have been in decline since a peak in July. The figures relate to visits by US users to the Twitter website, which follows…

  • I like the look and feel of Rackspace Cloud

    I’m still thinking about what to do concerning a hosting service for my blogs. This thinking period follows the appalling experience I suffered with DreamHost earlier this month in getting no responses from customer support when sites went down. Days…

  • Different events, similar issues

    I took part in two excellent conferences last week focused on social media and communication: one in Burnley, Lancashire, the other in London. The Don’t Panic Guide to Social Media in Tourism took place in the splendid Towneley Hall outside…

  • Opportunity knocks with Google Sidewiki

    Google Sidewiki launched last month and opinion online is wide and varied. Much of that opinion suggests a brewing crisis for companies, their brands and other things of interest to them if people can comment at will on anything on…

  • Paying attention to your referrers

    I was just studying the stats from Google Analytics that display within my blog’s WordPress admin dashboard, and noticing where visitors tend to come from. This isn’t geographical so it’s not countries I’m talking about. No, it’s the referring site…