Author Archives: gabs

When a Ski resort taps into Social media

Posted on February 17, 2012 by gabs

TweetFor 7 years now, year on year I go to a resort in Austria. Some 7yrs ago the resort was small and not to well known. Each year it has grown from strength to strength… When I have sometime I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, internet trends, Social Media, twitter | 2 Comments

Banking link bait from virgin money.

Posted on January 10, 2012 by gabs

Tweet Link bait and money 2 of the dirtiest words for an seo heehehe .. Well virgin headed up by no other than Sir Richard Branson has began his assault on the UK banking sector taking over North Rock (bits of it) to become … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc | 4 Comments

UK traffic trends up to Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2011 by gabs

TweetI love trends and this is always an interesting one… The lead up to xmas in the UK. Here is the traffic for 3 sites. The first one has nothing to do with xmas and you can see a drop … Continue reading →

Posted in internet trends, UK | Tagged | 5 Comments

New twitter interface December 2011

Posted on December 15, 2011 by gabs

TweetSo today I log in twitter to get the sexy new interface.. I can’t see much buzz about it on twitter so thought I better blog it here: Here is the main screen shot: Here is the “new” @connect (same … Continue reading →

Posted in twitter | Tagged , | 7 Comments

The sexy “Visitors Flow” comes to Google Analytics

Posted on November 24, 2011 by gabs

TweetStunning from google… Simply stunning.. Google have updated the new Analytics with visitors flow which a visualises the flow on your site.. Below is a little sample on one of my sites. The options are the same as all new … Continue reading →

Posted in google, Google analytics | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Google Analytics visitor bug for single day view

Posted on October 11, 2011 by gabs

TweetUsing google Analytics  ”new” interface on a single day view I have a massive bug regarding “Visits” vs “Unique Visitors” I really can’t work out the numbers google is using?  Feel free to comment but this seems to be a “view … Continue reading →

Posted in google, Google analytics | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

Google webmaster tools UI update.

Posted on October 5, 2011 by gabs

TweetGoogle have updated the UI of the front dashboard page in webmaster tools . Here is a screen shot: The really interesting thing is the “Sort: By site health” ??? interesting use of the word health…. Also google are showing … Continue reading →

Posted in google, google sitemaps / webmaster tools, google UI tests | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Google Analytics reporting update

Posted on July 27, 2011 by gabs

TweetI spend hours looking into site analytics, making on site changes and pointing links and testing, testing and more testing looking for impact and trends across loads of sites. I noticed today that on Friday 22nd July google changed things which has … Continue reading →

Posted in google, Google analytics, Google images | 25 Comments

Alexander Calder logo for Pi day

Posted on July 22, 2011 by gabs

TweetMe being in the uk is Pi day for me. I know its not for you guys out in the USA because you write dates the wrong way  around but today is Pi day here! So what have google done, … Continue reading →

Posted in google, google logos | 13 Comments

google+1 blackout 5th and 6th July 2011

Posted on July 8, 2011 by gabs

TweetI’ve been watching the new google +1 metrics in google webmaster tools as added the button to one of my sites to test and see what the pros and cons are. The button has had 20 +1 which isn’t to … Continue reading →

Posted in google+1 | 18 Comments