Are PageViews the Wrong Metric?
Jul 17th, 2007 by Pedro Sostre

I’m not really sure, but that’s what Beth’s Blog seems to be proclaiming. Either way, it makes for good reading.

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3 Responses to “Are PageViews the Wrong Metric?”

Beth Kanter Says:
July 19th, 2007 at 2:33 am
Wow, I have your book! Very helpful.

Let’s finish the sentence - the wrong metric for blogs or video viewing, perhaps? Still valid for web sites.
Pedro Sostre Says:
July 19th, 2007 at 5:44 am
Hey Beth- thanks for stopping by, and it’s great to hear that you got the book

You make a great point. In fact, different types of websites will always be watching different metrics.

Too many website owners get stuck looking at the standard metrics because they feel like that’s what they are ’supposed’ to be looking at. I like blogs like yours because they remind people to think about what’s important. I’m a big fan of thinking
Beth Kanter Says:
August 4th, 2007 at 3:32 am
I’m a big fan of thinking too. I’m also a big fan of doing.

I’m going to Cambodia to help the blogging community there - and now thinking about how to help them think about analytics data for blogs. But on a really simply level.

Here’s the project:
http://cambodiabloggingsummit.wikispaces.com/

Have you ever taught analytics in a developing country?

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