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As traditional media companies experiment toward a Web business model that would support the traditional high-end journalism they produce, it’s interesting to eyeball two timely examples of companies that think content is a good bet for making money on the Web. One is AOL. The other is Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst. Common threads? Both AOL and [...]

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Ernesto on January 24th, 2009

Google Analytics Evangelist Avinash Kaushilk lists and explains the 9 things you need to do to be an analytics super user, one who achieves a deeper analysis and a higher ROI.  Here’s the list, check out the post on Avinash’s blog for the explanations, which make up a fantastic next-steps primer on Web analytics. #9: [...]

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Ernesto on August 26th, 2008

In an Online Spin column ("More On: Is Google Making Marketers Stupid") Joe Marchese writes: "…the Internet ecosystem breaks down because the metrics that marketers demand from Internet publishers are not a true measure of value and can be manufactured to a point, such as clicks and impressions."  Clicks and impressions are of course valid [...]

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