Weekly Web Roundup

Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 by Ken Daniels
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Each Friday we will highlight a few of our favourite articles and blog posts from around the web we think will provide you with a different perspective while adding interest and value.

Bryan Eisenberg over at The Grok provides an extensive list of books that will help you become a Portable Conversion Analyst.

Join the investigation by VKI Studios in uncovering the mysteries of some interesting Google Analytics related sites created by Google themselves. Internal training tools? Have a look, they may be of use…

Dean Rieck at Copyblogger offers 6 Ways to Get People to Say Yes. Dean references one of my favourite books, Influence: Psychology of Persuasion (Amazon Link) by Robert Cialdini which is a highly recommended read.

Jonathan Mendez looks at The New York Times website, and the amount of real estate they are happy to give away to irrelevant advertising compared to juicy content. Good read.

This list wouldn’t be complete with out a post from Avinash Kaushik. This time he is talking about Measuring Latent Conversions & Visitor Behaviour using Google Analytics and advanced segments. As always, top stuff.

About the Author: Ken Daniels

Ken began his career as a freelance web designer when the opportunity arose to move into a full-time project management role that saw him manage the development of some of New Zealand's largest websites. A change in direction a couple of years later saw him join Alkemi with a focus on paid search advertising, web analytics and conversion rate enhancement.