"Even if you had a biggish sample, the variance for these rates would be nearly infinite, and no meaningful comparison or calibration would be possible. Yes of course SEO and Adwords could increase bounce rate but it's almost as likely that they…"
"I'm not so sure about many botnets triggering clear gifs, and I'm not sure botnets are a big presence on the average web site, but yes there are of course exceptions. A good analyst will constantly update the bot files by watching what…"
"Great list.
Extraction of a visit typology from site behavior data; quantifying the types and using them as the basis of marketing or site design, rather than made-up personas."
"Hmmm.
Actually, robots are fairly well handled by javascript page tagging. Because the tags call an image, most 'bots don't bother because the bots are after text. Bot traffic is cut drastically, automatically, when switching from server…"
"Stephane, why is a site relaunch a reason for not updating the current site?
Titus, I think one reason is a dearth of information, other than the news-about-WAA stuff. For example, they have some big restrictions on what original articles…"