Google Analytics Re: [Radiant] bragging
Sorry, I just have to respond to the question about tracking... Uh, doesn't any serious operation do their own tracking?! No. I guess this is one preconception that you can let go of. Let me check a few sites and see what they use... Volusion http://www.volusion.com/ - Google Analytics. Shopify http://www.shopify.com - Google Analytics Blinksale http://blinksale.com - Beats me... Basecamp http://basecamphq.com - Google Analytics Ruby on Rails http://rubyonrails.com - Google Analytics Ruby Language http://ruby-lang.org - Google Analytics Amazing... I thought I'd find a few significant ones out there, but that's good company to be in, IMO. I think these are serious operations. Google Analytics is nice and all for a blog or something, especially if you're chained to Adwords, but I would expect actual companies to do their own usage tracking. At least use Mint or something, a single site license is $30! The main reason for companies to do their own tracking is if they really value the ownership and privacy of their stats. Google Analytics: It's free. It's doesn't add load to your servers. It works really well, and Google works to add features for free without any upgrading required on our side. Smart companies (people) don't complicate things when they don't have to. -Chris ___ Radiant mailing list Post: Radiant@radiantcms.org Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
Re: [Radiant] bragging
On Jul 18, 2008, at 4:24 AM, Andrew Neil wrote: Nice site. I like the design of the navigation. One (very) small crit: I noticed that the links in the body copy still have the default :link/:visited blue/purple colour scheme. e.g. check out: http://www.brightyellowjacket.com/services/capabilities/ - "Here's who we're working with" The colours are well chosen otherwise, so it stands out. Thanks, but we only advised on the design. I appreciate the critique. On Jul 18, 2008, at 6:42 AM, Sho Fukamachi wrote: Huh? What kind of marketing/branding company outsources their web site? You'd think that would be a core competence. I suppose the kind that doesn't handle web development in-house. Uh, doesn't any serious operation do their own tracking?! Google Analytics is nice and all for a blog or something, especially if you're chained to Adwords, but I would expect actual companies to do their own usage tracking. At least use Mint or something, a single site license is $30! Does it follow that any serious web development company should pay for a CMS? Why care what it is as long as it gets the job done. Site looks good though, although the favicon isn't loading for me and I would prefer the charset to be utf8 pretty much everywhere these days. The portfolio section is particularly well-designed. And I'm always happy to see the use of PNG : Good point. -Jim PS. I hope everyone took the subject of the email in jest. ___ Radiant mailing list Post: Radiant@radiantcms.org Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
Re: [Radiant] bragging
On 18/07/2008, at 6:21 AM, Jim Gay wrote: Looks good, Jim. Are you part of the company, or did you just build their site? Just built the site. Huh? What kind of marketing/branding company outsources their web site? You'd think that would be a core competence. BTW... no Google Analytics? Really? :-) Not everything needs to be tracked, dissected, and analyzed. But something like that might be added in. Uh, doesn't any serious operation do their own tracking?! Google Analytics is nice and all for a blog or something, especially if you're chained to Adwords, but I would expect actual companies to do their own usage tracking. At least use Mint or something, a single site license is $30! For a marketing company I would look upon use of Google Analytics as a sign of a mom and pop operation doing things on the cheap and I think it's weird that someone would suggest otherwise... again, you'd expect usage analysis to be a core competence. Site looks good though, although the favicon isn't loading for me and I would prefer the charset to be utf8 pretty much everywhere these days. The portfolio section is particularly well-designed. And I'm always happy to see the use of PNG : )___ Radiant mailing list Post: Radiant@radiantcms.org Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
Re: [Radiant] bragging
On Jul 17, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Jim Gay wrote: On Jul 17, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Tim Gossett wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Jim Gay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I couldn't think of a better title for this message We're excited about a new site we just released that was built on Radiant (and Help, Page Attachments, Mailer, Settings, Tags and Styles n Scripts) http://www.brightyellowjacket.com/ If you're in the Charlotte area and need a creative parter, check em out. Looks good, Jim. Are you part of the company, or did you just build their site? Just built the site. BTW... no Google Analytics? Really? :-) Not everything needs to be tracked, dissected, and analyzed. But something like that might be added in. Nice job on the site. I guess it doesn't say they're web developers anywhere. ___ Radiant mailing list Post: Radiant@radiantcms.org Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant ___ Radiant mailing list Post: Radiant@radiantcms.org Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
Re: [Radiant] bragging
On Jul 17, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Tim Gossett wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Jim Gay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I couldn't think of a better title for this message We're excited about a new site we just released that was built on Radiant (and Help, Page Attachments, Mailer, Settings, Tags and Styles n Scripts) http://www.brightyellowjacket.com/ If you're in the Charlotte area and need a creative parter, check em out. Looks good, Jim. Are you part of the company, or did you just build their site? Just built the site. BTW... no Google Analytics? Really? :-) Not everything needs to be tracked, dissected, and analyzed. But something like that might be added in. ___ Radiant mailing list Post: Radiant@radiantcms.org Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
Re: [Radiant] bragging
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Jim Gay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I couldn't think of a better title for this message > We're excited about a new site we just released that was built on Radiant > (and Help, Page Attachments, Mailer, Settings, Tags and Styles n Scripts) > > http://www.brightyellowjacket.com/ > > If you're in the Charlotte area and need a creative parter, check em out. Looks good, Jim. Are you part of the company, or did you just build their site? BTW... no Google Analytics? Really? -- Tim ___ Radiant mailing list Post: Radiant@radiantcms.org Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
