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End of Dumb Tables in Web Analytics Tools! Hello: Weighted Sort

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As if massive data we have is not enough of a problem, we also rely on Averages, Percentages, Ratios and Compound/Calculated Metrics in a profoundly sub optimal way, as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – for support rather than for illumination. You saw this problem when I sorted descending or ascending for the metric bounce rate above.

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Data Visualization Inspiration: Analysis To Insights To Action, Faster!

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You can hover over each box to get a sense of the key metrics. They also have an app for Treemaps, and it includes using color, as in the Compete case, to represent a metric (say Conversion Rate)! China, South Africa, Egypt. It shows all the incoming traffic to a site as a Treemap. I like the last option the best.

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Best Web Analytics 2.0 Tools: Quantitative, Qualitative, Life Saving!

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Only a plea to obsessively obsess about measuring outcomes and compute economic value, not just revenue. Mongoose Metrics ~ ifbyphone. . Mongoose Metrics ~ ifbyphone. I know Mongoose Metrics a bit more and have been impressed with their solution and evolution over the last couple of years. Mongoose Metrics.

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