Gatineau is now Microsoft adCenter Analytics – And I got an Invitation :-)

“Hello,
Thanks for your interest in Microsoft adCenter Analytics Beta (formerly code-named “Gatineau”). Our new web analytics program can help you learn more about visitor activity on your website—where your visitors come from and how long they stay, for example—so that you can measure the success of your marketing campaigns.
Get started now
To begin participating in the adCenter Analytics Beta program today, please do the following: …”

Are’nt you feeling lucky when you’re getting these “invitation” emails for new Beta stuff? I know I do…
Well, even more when it comes from Microsoft, and so much more when it’s for something I signed for months ago (I think 6 months actually). So Microsoft took their time and it appears they sent a bunch of invitations today (I got at least three just this morning), to visit and try out their new product, which was previously named “Gatineau” and is now prodly namesd “Microsoft adCenter Analytics“.

However, I guess my enthusiasm was too early, as after I clicked the activation link and logged in – I got the following message:

Microsoft Adcenter Analytics

Too bad – I promise to follow up and update – hopefully it will work at some point ?!?!?

Internet Statistics Israel February 2008

Hey, I’m back after a few silent weeks…

I found the recent survey from TIM – TNS – Teleseker. It seems in February 2008 most Israeli web sites suffered a fall. Ynet fell ~5 points from 62.6% to 57.4%; MSN Israel fell 2 points from 31.7% to 29.8%; Tapuz fell 4 points from 31.2% to 27.1%.

Nevertheless, the global web sites such as Google, YouTube & Facebook maintaned stability and even slightly improved their numbers.

Here’s the list compared to previous months:

Internet Statistics Israel February 2007

Industry Benchmarking – New Google Analytics Breakthrough!

I had a conversation with Brett Crosby from Google Analytics some hours ago, and it appears Google Analytics is releasing very powerful new features for their free web analytics suite. I must say at first I was not very optimistic, but when our conversation ended, and I was looking at the screenshots – My head was simply nodding unwontedly – These guys usually roll out great products, but these features I’m about to cover are way more than “features”. These have the potential to actually CHANGE to way we do web analytics, and the significantly change the way we treat the web as a marketing tool!

Industry Benchmarking from Google Analytics

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5 Reasons why nofollow will not follow

When I first read about the “NoFollow” link attribute, I was quite impressed. “why not?” I thought… it certainly makes a lot of sense in the fight against keyword spamming and artificial linking.
Over time, however, and especially these last few months, many things changed in the industry, especially regarding the “link buying” issue.
After carefully examining numerous cases, I have come to the conclusion that “NoFollow” will not stand.
Here are my top 5 reasons why…

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