Comments on: What Most Online Metrics Won’t Show You

By: How Do Lurkers Lurk? | One of a Kind in a Full House

How Do Lurkers Lurk? | One of a Kind in a Full House — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:32:57 +0000

[...] Paul, S. (2010, April 20) What most online metrics won’t show you. Very Official Blog. Retrieved from: http://veryofficialblog.com/2010/04/20/what-most-online-metrics-wont-show-you/. [...]

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adsense alternatives — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:48:24 +0000

Thought provoking figures there! I guess we will always have lurkers…

By: New Orleans Attorney

New Orleans Attorney — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:37:49 +0000

Great post of about web data. Enjoyed reading about online metrics.

By: Online Marketing Blog

Online Marketing Blog — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:19:40 +0000

thanks for the cool post.

By: Allen - Social Media Marketer

Allen - Social Media Marketer — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:15:37 +0000

Raising debates, acknowledging, providing fresh and useful content,goal settings all can be treated as strategies to social media. Also I think there are no certain rules rather updating with moving trends!

By: relationshipsellingbuffs

relationshipsellingbuffs — Tue, 04 May 2010 23:04:00 +0000

Guess in one form or another I have been a lurker but a little controversy can be good, however like Annie says it should be tempered as it can be more than you bargained for at times. Hadn’t heard about Arizona Tea. Wow that is really something. Uninformed is just as dangerous as too much information. Great post.

By: Annie Stith (Gr8fulAnnie)

Annie Stith (Gr8fulAnnie) — Sat, 01 May 2010 21:35:57 +0000

Hey, Shannon!

First time visitor, here. Blame Twitter. ;)

Wow, that was quite a post. As an in-design-stage blogger/writer, even I was able to follow it tho I’ve never run or seen analytics yet.

I’m not sure it’s necessary to go so far as to try to track the movement of all the lurkers who visit a site. Isn’t part of the proof that something’s working (or not) ultimately in the sales numbers, online and off?

As for controversy, I love a good debate. I think a lot of people do, but I also think it’s necessary to be very careful. People can be judgmental, and it can happen in a heartbeat. Look at what’s happening with Arizona Tea as a result of the state of Arizona (no connection) passing its new “immigration” law. The tea company’s sales dropped, and were even boycotted in some areas, according to NYTimes.com. People also need to be educated about the controversy.

I’ll be back, sometimes lurking in the dark matter. ;)

Annie

By: Dean McBeth

Dean McBeth — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:48:32 +0000

Great post; definitely couldn’t agree more! As to sentiment – I use it and educate clients about it as simply a giant foam finger to point “generally” in the direction of yes, looks like what we’re doing is working or Holy S@#! we need to make a change fast. Drilling down any deeper gets you in a rabbit hole fast.

When generating our Community Insights, it’s interesting – I can attest that <1% actually leave a trace out of millions of paid and social impressions.

Thanks for sharing!

-evilspinmeister

By: Pablo Edwards

Pablo Edwards — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:15:16 +0000

Spectator sport is right. I am shocked at how people use and think of Social Media. Some people admit to using it for keeping tabs on others, even their spouses, seems kinda psycho.

By: Shannon Paul

Shannon Paul — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:02:51 +0000

Hah! Christa, we’re all lurkers at least some of the time. Thanks for saying hi :)