iknowthe.net – Internet and Ecommerce Consultant

Hitwise reports that [Bing] “Traffic peaked on June 3, when Bing was the eighth most visited website in the UK (ahead of all BBC properties, but one behind MSN UK) and the third ranked search engine, accounting for 10.8% of the UK market. Since the initial launch hype, traffic to the site has declined. However, one positive sign is that average visit time has increased to eight and a half minutes. This is half of Google UK’s number but only slightly below Yahoo! UK Search, implying that the people are actually spending time on the site and using it rather than just visiting out of curiosity.”

Google Wave

Preview demonstration….

Bluetooth Proximity Marketing takes advantage of always on bluetooth in modern mobiles and allows advertisers to connect with customers in new and innovative ways. New Media Edge have just written a white paper regarding best practice in managing a bluetooth proximity campaign. The report costs £225 but I’ve a discount code for 20% off – IKTN20.

In response to a couple of questions here’s what I had open in my browser windows during the test
The Analytics Api’s
Regex Testing Tool
Conversion University pages

The URL builder tool
My analytics account

My advice is make good use of the conversion university and review all the material even if you think you know it all already. Some of the questions are dead easy, others are designed to make you think. And, yes, I do think it was useful to take the test. Best of luck!

I’ve just passed the Google Analytics Individual Qualification.

I’ve been using Google Analytics since it was Urchin, but the Conversion University course was a pretty good refresher. So there you go, I’m officially an expert…any Google Analytics questions, just ask