stevebash@comcast.net

Steve

Web analytics is my main interest, but I write about almost anything. Since the late 90's I have seen many changes in the web analytics industry. This young industry continues to go through tremendous change today. I am encouraged by the fact that there are many passionate individuals working to improve the tools and practices in this space.

Homepage: http://www.bashiriweb.com


Posts by Steve

Perspective

November 24, 2010 - 8:02 am

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Tomorrow is November 25th. The day of Thanksgiving. As it happens, I have a story to tell. It’s a short story. A human story. A thanks giving story. A true story. I was riding the train to work. Like any regular morning commute, you would see variety of people [...]

Diverted Visits Are Not Bounced Visits OR Why it is important to measure all your outlinks and downloads

March 29, 2010 - 4:19 pm

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Flawed? The accuracy of your website’s visitor behavior measurement is more important than ever before. But sometimes you are not sure if your website measurements are correct or if the numbers are true reflection of your visitor’s behavior. Since, it is the data that guides you on your decisions for spending [...]

eBooks have Kindled a firestorm

December 21, 2009 - 1:21 am

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The prospects of what the future will bring has always fascinated me.  The changes in technology, finance, economy, … continue to uproot traditional practices.  these changes usually come in form of innovations, but sometimes in form of new laws, regulations,  and practices.   You must agree, the most exciting of the kinds are innovations in the [...]

Offshore Software Development

December 1, 2009 - 12:58 pm

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If search is desire to find, then data from Google search shows interest (desire) in offshore software development has decreased and then plateaued in the last three years. Although it might be difficult to determine spending on offshore development, but one might think it would have increased during the all familiar “down sizing” period. Since [...]

Web Analytics Governance and Metrics Standard

October 1, 2009 - 11:52 am

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An effective web analytics practice needs proper staffing, management, planning, and diligence. To be effective, a governance committee must be formed, consisting of individuals with specific roles and responsibilities (see table below). With the right resources and clear expectations, the online business can put valuable data into action to achieve higher performance. But, how do [...]

Talent Recognition

July 15, 2009 - 11:33 am

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Washington DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his [...]

Robbed in the Daylight

November 8, 2008 - 11:17 am

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Online businesses are losing billions of dollars every year to fraud. Businesses in finance, ecommerce, social networking, and other verticals are being targeted everyday by individuals that have made it their job to steal from these businesses. These are individuals (fraudsters) with skills ranging from novice to highly skilled programmers, systems and networking experts that [...]