• The new Google Analytics Data Export API which Google announced on Friday makes it easy to share some of your Google Analytics data on a WordPress blog thanks to a nifty plugin created by Spiral Web Consulting. […] this plugin allows WordPress users to easily configure tracking and reporting of Google Analytics data without having to manually edit their WordPress template files. The plugin uses the new Google Analytics API to retrieve the unique visitor information and display it directly…

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  • I’m a huge fan of Apture, the web service that turbo-charges links on your site to content elsewhere on the web that presents it in a discreet popup in the page you’re reading – you don’t have to leave to read, watch or listen to that content elsewhere. I received an email the other day from Apture CEO Tristan Harris with concise info about the new version of Apture the company is about to release, including a major new feature:…

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  • A new version 2.0.172.28 of Google Chrome was released yesterday with Google claiming the web browser is up to 30% faster than previous versions and with some new features included. I’d agree with the claim that it’s faster. In my (wholly unscientific) tests since installing it yesterday, it’s notably faster especially when compared to Firefox and Internet Explorer, two other browsers whose latest versions I have installed on my Windows PCs. In my experience so far, the elapsed time from…

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  • There’s a full continent and ocean between Neville and Shel, so they don’t get together in the real world often. The last time was in London in October 2007. The next will be at the IABC World Conference in San Francisco next month. We’ve made a reservation for 20 at Town Hall, a well-reviewed San Francisco institution. The dinner is set for 9pm on Sunday, June 7, 2009. The opening reception begins at 7:30 and runs until 9:30, but we’ll…

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  • It’s not unusual for communicators to feel stifled by corporate attorneys whose counsel, often viewed as contrary to the organization’s reputational interests, is rubber-stamped by CEOs. In the next FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio, Neville and Shel will look at communicators’ perceptions of lawyers (the myths and the realities), explore ways legal and communications can work together, and discuss whether attorneys’ judgments are always best for the company. Our special guests include Helio Fred Garcia, president and founder of the…

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