After nearly 14 years and an acquisition by Google, Urchin analytics software will be retired on March 28, 2012. Urchin 6 was the first major release after Google acquired UrchinSoftware Corp. Urchin was one of the first good web analytics...
Google’s modus operandi seems to have always been to show up late to a party, build their own dance floor, and either win people over, or buy out their best competitor (YouTube, DoubleClick, Postini, Urchin, etc).
I'll be watching and I hope they discuss their impact on the analytics market when they bought Urchin and started giving away a service numerous companies were making a living charging varying fees for.
For space reasons I'll cover only two: Google Analytics (formally Urchin) and Omniture. In general, log analyzers tend to be software that is purchased and installed, while tag-based analytics programs tend to be hosted on another site and accessed...
In much the same way that Google bought Urchin and branded it up as Google Analytics (GA), Yahoo is likely to do something similar. And I'm spending a lot of time in the office acquainting myself with a whole range of software and tools developed...
What's more: the authors admit early on that Google has acquired many already successful "information management tools," namely Picasa (photo management); YouTube (online videos); DoubleClick (ad serving); Keyhole/Google Earth (maps and satellite...
At ad:tech San Francisco, Google Analytics today announced the full launch of UrchinSoftware, Google's advanced - but not free - Web analytics package, aka Urchin 6. UrchinSoftware is the update to Urchin 5, and anyone can now download a 90-day...
Web Analytics (Urchin), Office software, and DoubleClick (the purchase of which has anti-trust examinations both in the US and Europe). Google is growing and the question of whether or not it has become too invasive (or persuasive) is one that...
Google Analytics UpdateGoogle added new site search reporting and event tracking features to Google Analytics, and revealed the long-awaited update to the Urchinsoftware. We've collected all the search marketing news from selected posts to the...
Google Analytics UpdateGoogle added new site search reporting and event tracking features to Google Analytics, and revealed the long-awaited update to the Urchinsoftware. Want a snapshot of the day's search marketing news?
Additionally, Google has also announced that they are simplifying the pricing model for the Urchinsoftware version of the product. Ultimately, the significance of this announcement is that it should lay to rest those rumors in the industry that...
Google has renamed its Urchin web
analytics unit to be -- yep -- Google Analytics (as Gary predicted), in a move that follows with
similar rebranding such as Google
acquired Urchin in March of this year and
lowered pricing
for it in May.
This afternoon the Googleplex announced that a monthly subscription to Urchin on Demand, a web analytics service, has been reduced by 60% to $199 per month. Google acquired Urchin about a month ago. The $199 per month Urchin On Demand also now...
Google To Acquire Urchin Web Analytics Firm SEW Blog, Mar. Google is to acquired the Urchin web analytics firm, which provides both hosted and log-based tools for understanding how people are interacting with web sites.
Google Buys Urchin Search Engine Watch Forums This software is telling users that cookies are bad and telling them to delete them. Switching Overture Listings On it's caused by all the anti-malware software packages users have downloaded.
Google Buys Web Analytics Firm UrchinSoftware. Software lets people search VoIP chitchat. These tools go beyond search by providing a suite of tools that let you manipulate search results in interesting ways not possible with search engines.
In-depth review of the Urchin web analytics tool. Urchin 5.5 - Web Analytics Product Review RustyBrick.com, Feb.http://www.rustybrick.com/seo_articles_8.php A new generation of powerful search engine analytics software makes the job a snap.
In this conference session, representatives from Hitbox, Urchin, WebTrends and ClickTracks Web analytic software vendors were on hand, and case studies showing how to track real life search engine marketing campaigns were presented.
Urchin http://www.urchin.com/ Another useful measuring and tracking tool. WebTrends from NetIQ http://www.netiq.com Offers server-based software to determine how many visitors are coming to the Web site, where they're coming from, what they're...
Once optimized and submitted, you can track the success using ranking software (like WebPositionGold, TopDog) and web site traffic analysis tools (like WebTrends, HitBox, and Urchin) to determine if top rankings and incoming traffic occurs.