google analytics

Browser:
84% Firefox
13% Explorer
1.7% Opera
0.87% Safari
Connection Speed:
Cable: 79%
Unknown: 16.5%
DSL: 4.3%

yawn.

So much to look at, so many reports and browser and connection speed is just the beginning (and not nearly so cool or colorful as some of the others). I have to say the Map Overlay was lots of fun and very interesting, I have sense of how geographically scattered some of us are and, at the same time, anticipated how concentrated most visitors would be, but sort of curious about the visitors from Seattle and Monterey, CA.

I had a commercial site a couple of years ago, hosted by GoDaddy and until the last year the stats were free (it became a premium service, or part of a hosting package I wasn't paying for), I checked them everyday and had a real sense of where visitors were coming from, what they were looking at and how long they were staying. It's hard to say what it all really means, but it gave me something to base changes on, or conversely - leaving what seemed to be working alone.

As soon as I figured out Google Analytics, I sold it at work and I think we now have the code installed on just a couple of the library's web pages. I think the fact that it was free was a huge plus, but the tipping point was the browser/operating system report - at least there's a sense of being able to test the site to see what most visitors are actually seeing.