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With a focus on privacy and keeping data safe, Piwik is a web analytics package that aims to be a free software alternative to Google Analytics. Here are some of Piwik’s features and how it compares to other top-billing analytics packages.
Google Webmaster Tools has a new look that augments the new functionality Webmaster Tools received last month. The changes include a new look to the dashboard, redesigned menus and a style that more tightly integrates with other Google properties.
Calling it a "fresh, de-cluttered experience," Bing has launched a new design for its search result pages. The new design removes the left sidebar that previously contained related searches, options to refine your search and search history settings.
Google Drive, the long-rumored "cloud" based storage, launched this afternoon, touting the ability to keep all your stuff in one place. As if trying to quell the disbelievers, Google's announcement blog post read "...yes, really" in the title.
Do you keep delaying the switch to the “new” Google Analytics? If so, you aren't alone. People aren’t switching for all kinds of reasons. But it's time to stop the excuses. Here are three reasons to switch today and how GA allows you to go further.
In analytics, there are two truths about bounce rates: if you aren’t tagging your downloads or on-page events correctly, you could be missing out on the full picture; and segmentation is everything – it helps you discern "good" from "bad" metrics.
Yandex, the leading search engine in Russia, has expanded its mapping capabilities by purchasing from NAVTEQ a license for digital maps of Europe, North America, Australia and developed countries in Asia to expand their Yandex.Maps product.
Russian search giant Yandex has added facial recognition technology to its photo hosting service, Yandex.Fotki. Yandex is leveraging Face.com's facial recognition technology to create a "smart" photo tagging service that lets users tag other people.
While Google Analytics has its own set of merits, there are drawbacks. Many people don’t want to continue to feed Google more data – and this trend is growing. Here are some ideas to help you choose the best web analytics solution for you.
Last week, Google's Inside Search blog announced a recap of 30 different search quality improvements it made in December 2011. However, Bing has had many of these features for over a year or more
If you thought today's Google Doodle looked a little creepy or kooky or even mysterious and spooky, you would be right. The cartoonist who created The Addams Family has been honored with a Google Doodle on what would have been his 100th birthday.
With all the new features Google Analytics has been unrolling since version 3 launched in August, the Google Analytics was in need of a new API. Just out, Google Analytics Core Reporting API is the new hotness for Google Analytics developers.
A new Google Analytics feature will allow content developers to visualize a lot more than merely website visits. Google has opened invitations to a social data hub where you can integrate feed and social networking data into Google Analytics.
Microsoft has announced Bing on Xbox, a new way to search your TV's guide for shows and movies, spanning broadcast TV, movie services like Netflix, Hulu and HBO Go, even apps and Xbox games. Bing on Xbox starts rolling out today.
Yandex announced a partnership with Seznam. Yandex developed a video search service that will be provided on the Czech search engine. Also, Yandex is now alerting website owners of the threat of malware if discovered via Yandex.Webmaster.
Google Maps has added indoor maps of malls, airports, and many other locations. These indoor maps are available by simply pinch-zooming in your Google Maps mobile app. Google Maps also has a new UI with easier access to Places and other features.
The Google+ Bar – that black navigation bar containing links to Google's properties – is going away soon. Google is trading in the black nav bar and Google+ sharing tools introduced five months agoin favor of a less cluttered looking "Google Bar."
Yandex has officially become the default search engine on Windows Phone-based handsets in Russia. Russia's largest search engine has entered a partnership with both Microsoft and many major phone manufacturers including Nokia, Samsun and HTC.
A tradition as American as apple pie, Google has decided to give thanks this year by paying homage to the turkeys that elementary school kids make by tracing their hands. The Thanksgiving Doodle is up on the U.S. version of Google a few days early.
Bing for Mobile's long-awaited update includes deals and real-time transit info. The native Bing app for iPhone and Android devices has been redesigned using HTML5, making the experience the same between the Bing mobile site and the native apps.
