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Journal Analytics
By Robert Campbell on Thursday, March 5th, 2009
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Here is a little tip for you webmasters that like to constantly make changes to your site. I call it Journal Analytics. Tracking all of those visitors with a program like Google Analytics is great, but unless you track the when and how you made changes to your site, those statistics really only amount to a fancy counter. Want to give it some real value? Keep a journal of what you are doing.
Using a Journal
For my mail software I use Microsoft’s Outlook. It comes with a handy little tool called Journal. You can use any kind of journal software, even notepad if you wanted. It’s just for me, Outlook is usually open, and Journal is right there.
Whenever I make a change to one of my sites, I write down a brief description of what I did on the day I did it. It may seem like a waste at first, but when the day comes when you are ready to pull the data for a true comparison, pay dirt!
Do you keep track of the changes that you make?
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That’s a great idea – thanks for sharing!
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