Some Random Dude

A week ago, I wrote about the importance of empirical data for designing on the web. I thought it may be helpful to spell out a few tools I have been using to peer into who is coming to my blog and what they are doing once they get there. If you are like me, web statistics is something you take very seriously, but only enough to spend modest amounts of time and money on. Companies like Web Side Story offer insanely robust web analytics tools, but the learning curve and cost are out of this world. Honestly, for a person like myself, using HBX would be like killing a fly with a bomb. The good news is that there is a myriad of great tools out there for a minimal amount of money that can really give you great traffic data for your site.
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