Last week I wrote a piece offering a free linkbait idea on web analytics. Incredibly, several folks responded, indicating they'd give it a go. Yesterday, I sat down with two of the frontrunners - Eric Enge from StoneTemple Consulting & Jonah Stein of Alchemist Media. Eric had already begun the project - he has buy-in from all of the following analytics firms to provide their software free for one month to help test and compare against one another:
Jonah will be helping out by adding some of his sites to the mix that Eric has already assembled. Jonah's also going to help out from the analysis side, adding his expertise in the realm of PPC analytics.
But, dear readers, they need your help, too. They're seeking volunteer websites with a minimum of 100,000 unique visits per month to help participate in the project. What does this get you? Along with industry recognition, you'll also earn some very juicy links - from SEOmoz and the host article (which, IMO, has the potential to rival our Web2.0Awards as linkbait) and potentially many of the thousands of sites that will link to the case study.
Sites in any sector are welcome to participate. You can leave your URL below (along with a way to contact you), or simply shoot an email to both jstein -at- alchemistmedia.com and eenge -at- stonetemple.com. All of us appreciate your help in making this project something that can benefit the entire web community.
p.s. If you represent a web analytics firm that's not on the list above and are interested in participating, please send Eric & Jonah an email and they'll work to include you.
p.p.s. They're currently on the lookout for a couple sites with a high PPC spend - $50K+ per month. If you've got a site like this to share, we'd be extra appreciative.
I believe Eric & Jonah sent out emails today, so if you wanted to participate and didn't receive one, please drop them a line. Thanks so much to everyone who hopped on this bandwagon - it should be really something to see the results.
Did we come up with a conclusion? :)
Yes...I have also been anxiously awaiting the results.
I talked with Eric this week and he tells me a report on the data is imminent - by May 1 at the latest.
Hey rand, any updates on this? (Analytics Comparison)
Both of you have received an email from me. I look forward to hearing from you regarding our website's analytics package. As I'm sure is the case with most sites, we have some special considerations that we will need to discuss. Thanks for the opportunity.
I signed up - emailed both of you with 3 potential website. Contact me asap - I want to be in!!!
gbouchard at nvisolutions dot com
Survey says?
Any update on the Analytics Comparison Project?
Inquiring minds want to know.
David
My turn... any update?
Hi guys,
Is there anywhere I can see the results of this comparison project?
Thanks,
Assaf
I just tripped across this old post. I would love to know the outcome.
You may view the results here...
Hi, I'm interested in participating in the project.
https://www.areaguides.net
email me at aseideman -at- localmatters.com
thanks, Alan
I am interested in having our site participate in this project. www.lawinfo.com
Please email me at [email protected]
Thanks in advance!!
I have a site that gets about 20k uniques a day about 2 million pages views a month I can volunteer up. No ppc spend tho, sorry.
As a second note, as of this moment, Coremetrics has declined to participate in this study. Everyone else Rand listed is indeed in. If you do know someone at Coremetrics, please let them know what a mistake they are making.
Eric
I will be sending you both emails for this study!
Just a quicky - the link to stonetemple.com in your profile is broken - comma instead of full stop. :)
Email sent!
Rand - Like I said before... I'm down to help! Mail sent.
Ah, if only I'd been running my blog longer! Sadly, I've not got there yet... The blogs only been up a week and a bit...
Any chance of seeing if you can get NetTracker on that list as well?
I think, Sane Solutions, the company who used to own it when I used it, recently got bought out by Unica(?), but it's a very very impressive product.
Many thanks to Adrian for the kind words, and many thanks to Robbin Steif for making me aware of this project! We from Unica would love to volunteer our web analytics solution for the comparison project. It is the new and dramatically enhanced version of NetTracker which is called NetInsight now.
Best, Akin - AArikan at Unica.com
To all,
Just a note to clarify what we are looking for. We are specifically looking for sites that have a high PPC spend. Ideally, these should be sites that spend at least $10K per month in PPC, and preferably more. You certainly don't have to have PPC to participate, but we're short on volunteers who do, so it would be greatly appreciated.
So please let us know, and we will work to pick the best sites for our study. You can reach me at "eenge -at- stonetemple.com", and Jonah at "jstein -at- alchemistmedia.com".
Bring 'em on!
Eric Enge
From Rand - Edited for clarifications :)