or should I say "web analytics"? I've blogged about these before, but thanks to infodoodads, I've found a newer, prettier, more comprehensive, one-stop (and still free!) service in Clicky. (Okay, so it's from a not-so-up-to-the-moment post, but I was waiting for Clicky to roll out their latest version over the weekend.) infodoodads does a nice job of describing Clicky's features, so I won't repeat it here.
Suffice it to say that Clicky has a clean, intuitive interface, and stats enough to satisfy inner librarians, tech geeks, web marketers and narcissist bloggers alike.
Showing posts with label webmaster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label webmaster. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
customizing Snap Shots
I've been playing around with Snap Shots for a few days, and I finally think I have it customized to my liking.
Snap Shots plugs in automatically to Blogger, so it truly is a "snap" to use, but it was adding Snap Shots to my del.icio.us cloud, my post footers, and everything, ad infinitum. It was not pretty. And, as a newbie to all of this, it took me some time on their site to find and decipher their FAQ.
Anyway, here's the q&d of how I customized Snap Shots for this blog:
1. Create an account and install on your site. (These directions were relatively straightforward - especially for Blogger, where everything was automated.)
2. Under advanced options, only check the boxes for:
4. When you post and want to include a Snap Shot for a link, edit the html by inserting "class="snap_shots" between the "a" and the "href", like so:
a class="snap_shots" href="http://www.snap.com"
Voila!
Snap Shots plugs in automatically to Blogger, so it truly is a "snap" to use, but it was adding Snap Shots to my del.icio.us cloud, my post footers, and everything, ad infinitum. It was not pretty. And, as a newbie to all of this, it took me some time on their site to find and decipher their FAQ.
Anyway, here's the q&d of how I customized Snap Shots for this blog:
1. Create an account and install on your site. (These directions were relatively straightforward - especially for Blogger, where everything was automated.)
2. Under advanced options, only check the boxes for:
- "Show Snap Shots Link Icon" (I have no problem with supporting their branding.)
- "Trigger Snap Shots on Link Icon Only" (That way your readers can choose whether to view the Snap Shot. Otherwise, if you have lots of links, it can be annoying. Sorry.)
4. When you post and want to include a Snap Shot for a link, edit the html by inserting "class="snap_shots" between the "a" and the "href", like so:
a class="snap_shots" href="http://www.snap.com"
Voila!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
tools for the inner librarian - website management
Yesterday, I wondered aloud, how can i find out who links to my site? Not surprisingly, I found my answer in Google's Webmaster Tools. I found lots of cool links to my site - even in Dutch, Italian, and Chinese(?). (Sorry, I'm still amazed that anyone has seen my site outside of my professor and classmates.)
So far, my online toolkit is fairly limited:
What other tools are out there? I went back to PLCMC's 23 Things, and was surprised that website management tools were not included in their list for librarians to explore. Actually, web development is not included in the list at all. Some might not be surprised by this, but this inner librarian--having just completed a killer course in multimedia web development as part of my online MLIS program--was more than mildly surprised. Most libraries are on the web. Do they track their statistics? What software do they use? Is it included in their OPAC subscription? But what about their home page? Blog? Calendar? Do they know who is using their site and how they are using it? How many libraries take this information seriously and how do they make use of it?
So, now I'm curious... and, apparently spending my afternoon online. ;-)
So far, my online toolkit is fairly limited:
- Google's Webmaster Tools
- StatCounter
What other tools are out there? I went back to PLCMC's 23 Things, and was surprised that website management tools were not included in their list for librarians to explore. Actually, web development is not included in the list at all. Some might not be surprised by this, but this inner librarian--having just completed a killer course in multimedia web development as part of my online MLIS program--was more than mildly surprised. Most libraries are on the web. Do they track their statistics? What software do they use? Is it included in their OPAC subscription? But what about their home page? Blog? Calendar? Do they know who is using their site and how they are using it? How many libraries take this information seriously and how do they make use of it?
So, now I'm curious... and, apparently spending my afternoon online. ;-)
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