RIP Page View – Long live time spent online
July 10, 2007
One of the long established metrics for measuring traffic to a website; page view is to be replaced by total time spent online. This announcement was made by the largest Internet benchmarking companies; Neilsen/NetRatings. The changes was said to have been brought about by the advent of web 2.0 which has significantly changed the way websites are used.
In the past, hits to a site was used to rank traffic, this was superseded by page view which is now about to give way to total time spent online.
Neilsen/NetRatings will not be discarding page view completely, it will just be relegated to the position of a second measurement of traffic, while time spent online becomes the primary metric.
User generated contents, the so called web 2.0 sites are expected to be rated higher using the new measure when compared with sites that attracts lots of traffic but do not keep hold of their visitors for very long. Sits such as YouTube and other large providers with IM are expected to be ranked higher in the new Neilsen/NetRatings rating system, while sites such as Google will be rated lower because it generates high amount of traffic but most visitors do not stay on the site for long.
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July 10, 2007
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Domain name black-marketing
July 9, 2007
Hoarding coveted domain names can make you a millionaire
Beer, sex and diamonds sell everywhere, a lot of them in the cyber world. But if you wanted to buy a suitable domain name to promote these small human pleasures on the Internet it could cost not thousands but millions of dollars because somebody smarter got in there first.
Back in the good old days of rattling typewriters, domain probably meant no more than the area where typists sat and hit those keys with venom or satisfaction. But times have changed and the art propagated by Pitman — then God — has been replaced by electronic mails and domain names have taken on a new meaning. [Read more]
Bandwidth and Disk Capacity Aggressively Increased
July 9, 2007
Easy CGI announces an increase in their bandwidth and disk capacity for all shared web hosting plans. This is the second time in less than a year that the Windows Web host has upgraded its shared resources for its customers. All current customers have received this upgrade in shared resources at no additional cost.
Easy CGI has aggressively increased their bandwidth and disk capacity for all shared web hosting plans. This is the second time in less than a year that the Windows Web host has upgraded its shared resources for its customers. All current customers have received this upgrade in shared resources at no additional cost.
PHP Link Bid Script – Bidding Directory Software
July 8, 2007
A new PHP based bid for position directory software was announced at UK Webmaster Forum recently. The aptly name Link Bid Script allows webmasters to start a bid for placement directory.
The new script, written in PHP lists link bids based on how much the link owner bids to place his link. To extend the use of PHP Link Bid Script beyond PHP base, and ASP version of the script is planned.
Using the well known route software and script owner use to promote their application, PHP Link Bid Script is being made available free of charge. More information about PHP Link Bid Script and the forthcoming ASP version can be found at the vendors website: Link Bid Script dot com.
